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What I find interesting is that, civilizations have fallen so many times due to catastrophic natural disasters or in the hands of each other. Some fell suddenly
by noisy_boy 5y ago
What I find interesting is that, civilizations have fallen so many times due to catastrophic natural disasters or in the hands of each other. Some fell suddenly (Pompeii, Tall el-Hammam) and some perished gradually (Indus valley, Mayans). All these prayed to different gods who were not much use. And we still continue to put our faith in another set of gods hoping that they are the real deal (until the next city-block sized asteroid comes along). Humans are truly incapable of learning anything from history.
PS: in case someone wonders where all this is coming from, I was pondering on the arrow that points to the Temple in this picture (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3/figures/1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3/figures/1). Countless may have prayed at its steps for their safety and at the end, universe just swept all that aside.
- roenxi 5y agoWhat would you like them to learn? Humans are small and the world they operate in is big. Sometimes humans get crushed.
- noisy_boy 5y agoIndeed. I guess I am going for not persecuting humans following other gods in the name of one's own gods.
- typon 5y agoBuild giant underground cities or diversify chance of survival by colonizing other planets
- bell-cot 5y agoGiant underground cities have so many cost, safety, supply, and water issues that colonizing other planets can start looking darn attractive by comparison.
- fnord77 5y agomy opinion is that god/religions evolve simply to provide psychological comfort to people and for social control. I don't think any rational person believes their god is going to save their city. how many people would be motivated to do anything if they knew that when you die, you cease to be? Or that there's no trial of your life's deeds.
- the_lonely_road 5y agoMost? I’m not aware of any general apathy amongst the atheist crowd (who generally believe those things) and instead see a high percentage of them rising to positions of power and influence in Hollywood and science, IE places they don’t generally have to hide their feelings on the subject. It’s up to you to decide how many of our politicians you think are lip service Christians.
- wrycoder 5y agoAllow me this quote: I am tempted to go full Slav on Conor, to explain to him how we are all just grains of dust suspended in the howling void, searching for meaning in the fleeting moments before we are yanked back to the oblivion from whence we emerged, naked and screaming. But for all his faults he's just a kid stuck spending his summer microwaving Yorkshire puddings for difficult people. I take pity. — https://idlewords.com/2018/12/ https://idlewords.com/2018/12/
- abrowne 5y agoPompeii wasn't a "civilization", it was one destroyed city (a couple, really, with Herculaneum). The Roman Empire lasted quite a bit longer!