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Today the radiation can even be detected by image sensor in smartphone. The tomorrow's civilization with drones/robots everywhere (and probably not much of pure

by trhway 2y ago

Today the radiation can even be detected by image sensor in smartphone. The tomorrow's civilization with drones/robots everywhere (and probably not much of pure meat people) would definitely not be caught off-guard by a pile of radioactive material.

dxuh 2y ago
A tomorrow like that will probably exist, but I think many people also expect a tomorrow to exist where people have no electricity at all and no memory of ever living in a world with something like the internet. It's especially those people that would require protection.
- trhway 2y ago
  so, those primitive people see a sign (made by gods?), and the ones who dare to disrespect the sign are misteriosly falling ill and dying. That bound to create a religion/cult and that would probably cause much greater harm to that society.
  - apeace 2y ago
    > the ones who dare to disrespect the sign The idea discussed in the article is how do we make a sign which can even be understood in 10,000 years? They need to understand we are saying "bad, stay away" in order for them to even know if they disrespect it. There is a risk they think we're saying "this is great, come and see!" > That bound to create a religion/cult and that would probably cause much greater harm to that society. Sure, it could start something harmful to society. But what if there is no warning at all? They're just as likely to start their own religion which says they should spread this stuff everywhere, far across the planet. Which could render much of Earth uninhabitable. Seems worth the risk of creating a "fear of radiation" religion, to save the Earth and life itself.
    - defrost 2y ago
      > But what if there is no warning at all? Sounds like the situation when the aquatic apes uncovered Shinkolobwe and Oklo.
brabel 2y ago
They seem to consider the possibility of societal collapse is real. The target audience may be a super futuristic society, or in the worst case, primitive hunter-gatherers.

by trhway 2y ago

dxuh 2y ago

A tomorrow like that will probably exist, but I think many people also expect a tomorrow to exist where people have no electricity at all and no memory of ever living in a world with something like the internet. It's especially those people that would require protection.

trhway 2y ago
so, those primitive people see a sign (made by gods?), and the ones who dare to disrespect the sign are misteriosly falling ill and dying. That bound to create a religion/cult and that would probably cause much greater harm to that society.
- apeace 2y ago
  > the ones who dare to disrespect the sign The idea discussed in the article is how do we make a sign which can even be understood in 10,000 years? They need to understand we are saying "bad, stay away" in order for them to even know if they disrespect it. There is a risk they think we're saying "this is great, come and see!" > That bound to create a religion/cult and that would probably cause much greater harm to that society. Sure, it could start something harmful to society. But what if there is no warning at all? They're just as likely to start their own religion which says they should spread this stuff everywhere, far across the planet. Which could render much of Earth uninhabitable. Seems worth the risk of creating a "fear of radiation" religion, to save the Earth and life itself.
  - defrost 2y ago
    > But what if there is no warning at all? Sounds like the situation when the aquatic apes uncovered Shinkolobwe and Oklo.

brabel 2y ago

They seem to consider the possibility of societal collapse is real. The target audience may be a super futuristic society, or in the worst case, primitive hunter-gatherers.