Re: Nuclear waste warnings (was: Archiving language...)

--- Tim May <butsuri@...>
wrote:

>  > They certainly held no great esteem for many
>  > American natives!
>
> Who they insisted could not be responsible for
> the pyramids, for the most part.
Yep.

>  > > As long as they're aware of the concept of
> an invisible force
>  > > that causes sickness and death which
> emanates from certain places
>  > > and materials, then they can in principle
> be made to understand
>  > > that that's what they're being warned away
> from.
>  >
>  > Ancient superstition!
>
> Not if radiation is a known factor elsewhere,
> which is likely if
> there's been a nuclear war.  Which is the
> situation we were discussing, there.
Um. Perhaps? I'm positing a future where they
won't know! And even if they did, in general, I'm
sure there would stìll be some foolhardy
adventurers willing to risk all to get at the
perceived treasure that must be buried in such an
important place. People are just not thát
intelligent a species yet! :)

> The fact remains that
> if you're burying a large quantity of
> radioactive material which will
> be highly toxic for over 10,000 years*, it's
> reasonable to mark it with
> some kind of durable warning, and to make this
> work on as many levels as possible.
And it's just as reasonable to expect some future
civilisation to try and figure out either what it
was the ancients were worshipping in these
strange temples; or else some adventurer will try
to get at whatever secrets lie hidden in the
depths of the Monolith.

Human nature is what the experiment will boil
down to.

The link you gave led to a page full of garbage,
by the way.

Padraic.


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