In response to the stored knowledge ?

A chap earlier asked the question is there a vault of stored knowledge in
case of asteroid extinction.

Firstly what would be the point in what way would advancing a later
civilisation benefit anyone? life is enjoyed in relative time scale why rush
them into the crap lives we lead.

Also could it be the case one exists somewhere from a past extinction.

"Richard" wrote in message
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A chap earlier asked the question is there a vault of stored knowledge in
case of asteroid extinction.

Firstly what would be the point in what way would advancing a later
civilisation benefit anyone? life is enjoyed in relative time scale why
rush
them into the crap lives we lead.

Also could it be the case one exists somewhere from a past extinction.


I've always thought it a bit of a moot point but nobody wants to go back to
banging bits of flint together to make fire.

I just see these extinction events (whatever the latest buzz phrase is for
them) are a bloody good excuse for speeding up the space programs, fusion
and superconductor research. It might have been in the New Scientist or
something (like a lot of things that don't pan out!) but I'm sure I read
something about the thought that races would only get about 100,000 years
before they are made extinct by some event so they essentially get that
space of time to crawl out of the sea, make a sandwich and leave the planet
before some rock plays a quick game of intergalactic tiggy with their
homeworld.

Just a friday morning thought.

Cheers,
Jim

"J.Hill" wrote in message
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I just see these extinction events (whatever the latest buzz phrase is for
them) are a bloody good excuse for speeding up the space programs, fusion
and superconductor research. It might have been in the New Scientist or
something (like a lot of things that don't pan out!) but I'm sure I read
something about the thought that races would only get about 100,000 years

Fortunately, it is a longer timespan than that. Chris Chyba suggested
that life on Earth has 100 million years to develop intelligent life, otherwise
the path of evolution is reset by a global extinction event. Once intelligence
is cooked up, it then becomes aware of its surroundings and is (hopefully)
able to prevent the next evolutionary "reset" event.

There's no need to invoke conspiracies internal to the space program; lay
people may not understand astronomy, but they certainly understand
self-protection. :-)

"Ed" @ wrote in message
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Fortunately, it is a longer timespan than that. Chris Chyba suggested
that life on Earth has 100 million years to develop intelligent life,
otherwise
the path of evolution is reset by a global extinction event. Once
intelligence
is cooked up, it then becomes aware of its surroundings and is (hopefully)
able to prevent the next evolutionary "reset" event.

Aha, I didn't just dream it then! ;o)

There's no need to invoke conspiracies internal to the space program; lay
people may not understand astronomy, but they certainly understand
self-protection. :-)

I didn't mean to sound conspiratory. I just think it's as good a reason as
any to invest in some heavy duty research.

Cheers,
Jim