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This is a very hard problem to solve, as the very act of marking something signals "Hey, there's something important here!" The natural curiosity of whoever fin
by hegemonicon 17y ago
This is a very hard problem to solve, as the very act of marking something signals "Hey, there's something important here!" The natural curiosity of whoever finds it is likely to override any respect they might have for the warnings of a long dead civilization.
- mdemare 17y agoYes, this is the same problem that the Pharaos tried to solve, and look how well that turned out.
- curtis 17y agoIf we're using the pharaohs as a guide, then perhaps we should make a massive monument, mark it with the most creative signage we can think of, and then bury the nuclear waste somewhere else.
- dfranke 17y agoI think the right thing to do is to make the site look as boring and indistinct as possible until you've dug down to only a little bit above the danger area.
- roc 17y agoAnd then you still have to solve the problem.
- mynameishere 17y agoSeems like saying, "x000 tons of nuclear waste below" would work a little better than being mysterious and vague. Fairly warned, if they want to dig it up, it's their own fault.
- wmf 17y agoThe point is to have multiple levels of messages for different potential future recipients. The site will be clearly identified as a nuclear waste dump... to people who know what nuclear waste is. The vague lower-level messages are for people who don't know anything about nuclear science.