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There's no guarantee the mask would last another 2000 years. Depending on where it's stored, there's no guarantee of another 20 years. Had we left the mask alon
by cbd1984 12y ago
There's no guarantee the mask would last another 2000 years. Depending on where it's stored, there's no guarantee of another 20 years. Had we left the mask alone, and stored it somewhere, it's entirely possible it would have been destroyed by some random process without us having learned a damn thing from it.
- skj 12y agoSo, we're lucky it wasn't destroyed already, so we might as well break it now?
- cbd1984 12y agoNo, we should only break it if we can learn something from it if we do; obviously, we should only do it if we have very good reason to think that, but if we do, why wait?
- kbutler 12y agoIf we destroy it today, we get x, but in 20 years, technology may have advanced enough to get x + y. Or learn x without destroying the original. Like the early plunderers of the Egyptian tombs - they got short term benefits, but at what cost?
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