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One (joking) thing I heard long long ago - no idea where - is nature was vastly creative & made such a rich world, but there was one thing it could create - pla
by jauntywundrkind 2y ago
One (joking) thing I heard long long ago - no idea where - is nature was vastly creative & made such a rich world, but there was one thing it could create - plastic - and for that it had to create humanity. Has stuck with me for a long time. Like plastic will.
- yCombLinks 2y agoGeorge Carlin standup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rld0KDcan_w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rld0KDcan_w
- analog31 2y agoMaybe SETI should be searching for signs of plastic in the cosmos. Or misinformation. A message with the first million digits of Pi, and one wrong digit would surely be a sign of intelligent life.