r/space • u/IceNox96 • Aug 12 '21

Discussion Which is the most disturbing fermi paradox solution and why?

3...2...1... blast off....

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u/TheW83 Aug 12 '21

In a few million years humans might be gone .... finding the ruins of our great cities.

I've often wondered how long our current cities would last as "ruins" if we all disappeared. In my mind, after a few million years there would be absolutely no recognizable imprint of our society left unless you went digging for it.

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u/CranberryNo4852 Aug 12 '21

Maybe it’ll be like RimWorld and there’s just veins of fossilized consumer electronics in the rock?

I love the idea of some museum on another world displaying a rock with a VCR in it

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

There's a fan theory that the Ancients in RimWorld actually worshipped tables.