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I'm pretty sure that pre-Curie Europeans did a lot of digging tens of meters in the ground. If that knowledge somehow gets lost, which over such a long timelin

by carlmr 3y ago

I'm pretty sure that pre-Curie Europeans did a lot of digging tens of meters in the ground. If that knowledge somehow gets lost, which over such a long timeline seems almost likely, people will die from radiation poisoning without knowing what hit them.

cyberax 3y ago
> I'm pretty sure that pre-Curie Europeans did a lot of digging tens of meters in the ground. In pre-industrial era? Not really. There was more digging after the steam engine invention, as suddenly people started looking for coal and ore. But that's what, 400 years out of 10000+ years of European culture?