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I wasn’t clear at all, but I certainly agree it would be clear life was on earth from such data. I am less clear how much about our society you could meaningful
by nawgz 5y ago
I wasn’t clear at all, but I certainly agree it would be clear life was on earth from such data. I am less clear how much about our society you could meaningfully conclude from it is all, but perhaps it’d be clear from our pollution exactly what we’re manufacturing/burning
- dotancohen 5y agoUnless the observers' planet also had ancient, non-renewable carbon deposits (which required very specific conditions) then atmospheric pollution might not even be a concept to them. They might notice a change in our atmosphere's composition, but honestly a 200 ppm to 400 ppm change of some trace gas over the course of two hundred years could have many much simpler explanations than "intelligent life dug up all the carbon and burned it".
- BBC-vs-neolibs 5y agoHaha, yes, talk about Occams razor! :-D