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After our civilization collapses and is forgotten, scientists thousands of years from now will wonder at what kinds of planetary scale maniacs we were: A layer
by Zigurd 3y ago
After our civilization collapses and is forgotten, scientists thousands of years from now will wonder at what kinds of planetary scale maniacs we were: A layer of lead covering the planet, so we could have cars. A globe-spanning layer of americium-241 from when we tested nuclear bombs in the open air. Etc.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 3y agoThis has a name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene#Stratigraphy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene#Stratigraphy
- nemo44x 3y agoBut won't they also look at skeletons and see that life expectancies also increased during this entire time?