5 Aug 2018 6:32 am
Who knows how our history will be recorded in the future. It is possible that a record would be made that is indestructible, and available for future generations of aliens to observe.Cannonpointer » 04 Aug 2018 9:56 pm » wrote:Your thesis is destroyed by historical precedent.indago » 03 Aug 2018 7:13 am » wrote: Actually, NOBODY will just "happen to find 'a dollar bill' or 'a US minted coin'" any time in the future. Our monetary system will have been carefully recorded into history, and anyone with a taste for looking back into history will be able to examine into this recorded history. And, by then, digital money will be the norm.
We lose our history every few thousand years - it goes kaput. Dark ages brought on by weather catastrophes and plagues see our history disappear.
Do you REALLY suppose that we only "evolved" several thousand years ago???
Because we certainly don't have any significant grasp of history past 5 or 6 thousand years.