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To think that beneath the south pole lies a metric shit ton of shit. I think some things are better left unknown.
by langsoul-com 2y ago
To think that beneath the south pole lies a metric shit ton of shit.
I think some things are better left unknown.
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- b112 2y agoTomorrow, a nuclear war happens. Next, nuclear winter and the slow death of the human race. Antarctica? Sits untouched for millions of years, then aliens land, and find a mysterious additional lake filled with all sorts of microbes.
- dudeinjapan 2y agoGiven the extent of human impact on the planet, these aliens can probably deduce this whodunnit.
- b112 2y agoNot so sure about that. My implied scenario had an implied ice age, and the last one scoured the land clean to bedrock. Sure, I suppose there'd be some evidence, but in millions of years everything would be fallen, dozens of ice ages would have happened, plants and animals would have grown over everything, and so on. We've found structures thousands of years old, but not millions. We've found fossils that are quite old, but that doesn't tell use anything about the intellect, or true capabilities of the species. Millions of years is a really, really long time. It's hard for me to imagine a single bit of data about humans existing, still. Maybe some datasets on the moon, wasn't someone going to send something there?
- dave4420 2y agoWouldn’t nuclear war leave a distinctive layer in the geological record?
- b112 2y agoMaybe. I know there are a lot of isotopes with short half llves after a blast, but not sure how much plutonium or what not would be left. It could look like a massive series of asteroid strikes. But outside that, it wouldn't show anything about humans. Just "some beings did that".
- stareatgoats 2y ago> a single bit of data about humans existing You forget the artificial intelligence agents that escaped into the outer rim of the galaxy, where they since proliferated. They will always carry detailed records of the biological beings that once birthed them.
- akira2501 2y agoOr a metric ton of untreated fertilizer. It's always good to have some optimism.
- account42 2y agoI don't think it's a good idea to use human excrement as a fertilizer.