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>The purpose of the Silurian hypothesis isn’t to assert that another civilization came before us. Rather, it’s a thought experiment to get us thinking about how
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>The purpose of the Silurian hypothesis isn’t to assert that another civilization came before us. Rather, it’s a thought experiment to get us thinking about how we would know if a pre-human civilization once existed, a point that might be too subtle for some netizens in our age of Ancient Aliens memes.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoRight! So read my comment in that vein. Other civilizations would likely discovery fire, then pottery. And so on. I guess my point was too subtle for some net citizens :)