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Sep 29, 2023Liked by Will Dowd

Thank you for an intriguing post!

"and activate the fatal curiosity that lies deep in the human spirit."

Was it a stand-up comic or a philosopher who first said, "Tell someone the Sun is 93,138,632 miles away today and they will believe you. Tell them that bench has just been refinished and is covered with wet paint, and they will have to touch to confirm!" 😆

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Great post. I learnt a lot. And happy mid-autumn festival, as we call out here in East Asia.

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I remember reading all these proposals (about "forgetting" nuclear tech, how to alert folks to where danger might be, etc) in a few different sci-fi novels, if I'm not mistaken. Can't quite remember where, exactly... maybe Arthur C Clarke talked about this? Anyway, very fun stuff (morbid, but fun) to think about.

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Brilliant post. Particularly enjoyed the “warning sign” shortlist, reminded me of the bit in Underland by Macfarlane where he talks about this (but in less detail - no cave drawings or landscape of thorns). Will be thinking about this piece for awhile, thank you.

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Fascinating! And radioactive cats! ☢️ 🐱😲

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I love his sign off. Great read, as usual 🌓

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Sep 29, 2023Liked by Will Dowd

He's joshing you, like Al Capone's vault or an empty time capsule. Or maybe...

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They are getting more adept at recycling nuclear waste. It’s not pure junk.

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Sep 28, 2023Liked by Will Dowd

For what it's worth, the UTF-8 code units for Sanborn's message in hexadecimal are:

21 3F E2 82 AC 7C C2 A5 23 25 3F 21

Perhaps it's meaningful that the message begins with "!?" and ends with "?!".

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what an interesting read. Glad I came across this

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Fantastic post, Will.

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Thank you. What a unique newsletter, filled with intriguing and surprising information. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post.:-)

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Sep 29, 2023Liked by Will Dowd

That was a great read - loads to ponder 🤔

As for Sandborn’s sign-off: sometimes the simplest answers are correct, so by applying Occam’s Razor, maybe he was suggesting that the conversation was over and not to contact him again? 🤔😁

(As in “@£#& off” 😉😂)

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Just dump the waste in active volcanoes 🌋 incinerating

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Sep 28, 2023Liked by Will Dowd

Perhaps the waste can be fired into the Sun ...

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