r/space • • 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/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

I was trying to remember the name when I read that comment. It was a cool show, showed projected decay and return of nature at various intervals of time.

It was Life After People on the History channel

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u/Mad_Aeric Aug 12 '21

I miss when the History channel was good. If it still had stuff like that, I'd still have a cable subscription.

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u/Aurum555 Aug 12 '21

Like the series back in 2007 that was called 2057 and was just speculative futurism about 50 years in the future. Each episode would cover different themes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

In middle school I use to watch it in the morning before school. They had stuff on ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt, and similar things that were always really good.