How to send a message, understandable in 10,000 years
put This question in 1990 in front of a group of scientists to solve the problem of long-term maintenance of nuclear waste storage Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Here is used the method of deep geological disposal. Standard life building — 10,000 years. After placing the capsules in a salt mine at a depth of 600 m and sealing of the repository waste can be left without maintenance. Since water does not penetrate there are approximately 250 million years, you can gently suggest that this will not happen for another 200 000 years while the waste is dangerous for life.
The ages and millennia. In the U.S., there will be new culture and civilization. Perhaps they will speak with new tongues and have no written language. The question is how to tell future people about the dangers of this place?
To solve this challenge, we gathered a working group. Very interesting view on the proposed options.
Scientists decided that the message should be in graphical form. No language or written language on Earth was not able to spend as much time, and are unlikely (although certainly possible).
The famous American astronomer, astrophysicist and prominent popularizer of science Carl Sagan (now deceased) was unable to attend the meeting but sent a message that the problem is easily solved if you select the correct character, and he only knows one: "skull and bones".
But symbols can also appear and disappear. Actually, the "skull and bones" was originally a symbol of death and rebirth. It was first used in the religious literature of the middle ages, as seen in the painting "Crucifixion" by fra Angelico of the 15th century.
The skull is at the base of the cross
After some time, the captains of ships began to draw the sign next to the names of the dead sailors in the crew list in the ship's log. About this time the sailors, the symbol became associated with death. Later it was used by pirates to intimidate their victims.
Entrenched in a culture a symbol of death used and punitive brigades of the SS.
But going into mass pop culture, the conceptual meaning of the symbol is blurred. Now he is painted on backpacks, t-shirts, children's bedikah and even bottle water!
As another option, scientists have proposed to explain the meaning of the symbol of radiation in the form of a story.
But if you read the history from the bottom up, it looks like people have found the fountain of youth!
In General, the final decision and was not accepted. Although there are different alternatives how the introduction of information about the dangers of the place in mass consciousness through legends and folklore. Thus information can be transmitted from generation to generation. For example, the composer wrote to Emperor X for this song "don't change color, kitty".
In addition to the songs, to introduce information into the mass consciousness and in other ways. But this is not a guaranteed method.
Article based on information from habrahabr.ru
The ages and millennia. In the U.S., there will be new culture and civilization. Perhaps they will speak with new tongues and have no written language. The question is how to tell future people about the dangers of this place?
To solve this challenge, we gathered a working group. Very interesting view on the proposed options.
Scientists decided that the message should be in graphical form. No language or written language on Earth was not able to spend as much time, and are unlikely (although certainly possible).
The famous American astronomer, astrophysicist and prominent popularizer of science Carl Sagan (now deceased) was unable to attend the meeting but sent a message that the problem is easily solved if you select the correct character, and he only knows one: "skull and bones".
But symbols can also appear and disappear. Actually, the "skull and bones" was originally a symbol of death and rebirth. It was first used in the religious literature of the middle ages, as seen in the painting "Crucifixion" by fra Angelico of the 15th century.
The skull is at the base of the cross
After some time, the captains of ships began to draw the sign next to the names of the dead sailors in the crew list in the ship's log. About this time the sailors, the symbol became associated with death. Later it was used by pirates to intimidate their victims.
Entrenched in a culture a symbol of death used and punitive brigades of the SS.
But going into mass pop culture, the conceptual meaning of the symbol is blurred. Now he is painted on backpacks, t-shirts, children's bedikah and even bottle water!
As another option, scientists have proposed to explain the meaning of the symbol of radiation in the form of a story.
But if you read the history from the bottom up, it looks like people have found the fountain of youth!
In General, the final decision and was not accepted. Although there are different alternatives how the introduction of information about the dangers of the place in mass consciousness through legends and folklore. Thus information can be transmitted from generation to generation. For example, the composer wrote to Emperor X for this song "don't change color, kitty".
In addition to the songs, to introduce information into the mass consciousness and in other ways. But this is not a guaranteed method.
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