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within or above the order of magnitude of 10,000 years

This whole idea is almost aggressively stupid. We're talking about a bigger gap than all of recorded history.

The civilisation we're trying to communicate with either doesn't see this waste heap as even a minor threat, or the situation is so dire that radiation poisoning doesn't matter. This is even more futile than the vikings trying to send us a message that we need to keep an eye out for depleting our lumber stocks.

What I want to know is why we don't put messages like this on underground repositories for hazardous material that doesn't become benign over time, like mercury.

Or enough arsenic to kill every living thing on earth

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Mine

Yep: I've long said now that heavy metal contamination is worse then radiation, because you can detect radiation with cheap, non-consumable equipment.

Try analysing lead in water or mercury in soil as easily.

The reason why is because the entire situation is a concern troll but those who dislike nuclear power.

But what are you going to do with the waste that is highly radioactive for thousands of years, what if everyone forgets how to read! Think of the hypothetical children!

Not to mention that most of those hypothetical children won’t make it to adulthood to go dig for nuclear waste due to disease and starvation.

A society that has fallen that far will have far greater problems to deal with than accidentally digging up radioactive waste.

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