Uhh aliens would be inevitably universally omnicidal just in case some other aliens are omnicidal, shut up nerd

  • Ithorian [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    We may end up being a really thin layer but the huge amount of climate/environmental change that humanity has produced should be pretty fucking noticable.

    • Soap_Owl [any]
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      2 years ago

      There was recently a paper put out. The silurian hypothesis. The earth is real good at forgetting. If the dinosaurs had tech of around ournlevel there is a good chance no evidence of it would survive till now

      • fox [comrade/them]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        You'd think, but all the oil was still in the ground between then and today, so if they did have civilization it was not industrial, or they too would've chugged that energy dense slurp juice

        • Soap_Owl [any]
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          2 years ago

          Was the oil in there then? I don't actually remember when it developed

          • fox [comrade/them]
            hexagon
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            2 years ago

            Most oil available today formed from carbonaceous era biomatter that was buried or stored anoxically before cellulose digestion evolved, and 70% of reserves were available 252-66 million years ago. Dinosaur civilization would have had access to oil. If it did exist it wasn't industrial. Probably no settlements at all, since we'd be able to identify graveyards (if they buried their dead, which occurs in nature without the dedicated land lots) and midden heaps. Middens particularly would be perfect fossilization environments since they're typically anoxic and tend to become strata over time. We've left a bigger global impact in the strata than the K-T line that marks the sudden end of all dinosaur fossils.

            • Soap_Owl [any]
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              2 years ago

              I am deeply impressed somebody here had that on deck. I don't know if I agree with your claim about lack of settlements just based on the ammount of speculation we'd have to out in that one. The rest seems just spot on though.