has it not happened before ( lava covered earth ) during the development of our planet , it could happen again .

Let’s say it does take over a million years for the process to start anew and when they get their hands on that large pool of knowledge we would have to break it down for them knowing how we came up and knowing what we know from evolution we should plan accordingly, eg: primitive apes find our pool of knowledge how could we teach that to them in the most simplest of ways I’m thinking Pa lov’s operant conditioning could help the way we train gerbil’s to press on the steel ball to get water.

@AJimboShep82 I was thinking something more along the lines of pictograms.

@JimG not a bad idea , it does remind me of how back in the Wild West they would use tin types ( as in pictures of Billy the kid as an example ) with similar technology to print images on cave walls ( as they probably would go towards cave dwellings as our species probably did originally.)

Absolutely

We already know that to be a fairytale

Exactly; only direction is up

I can agree that struggle can promote growth ; what if they could improve on what we found and maybe even figure out the next level of super particles that scientists have already found

And ultimately advancing science all together

@AJimboShep82 This is an interesting discussion. Consider that the human species is gone, and that a new species evolves to the top of the food chain. At what point would we "interfere" with their evolution?

If we were to ignore the "Prime Directive" how would we choose to alter the development of this new species? Do we allow the hundreds of thousands of years of disease, war and pestilence? Do we prevent ignorant superstition and religion from taking hold? Do we give them reason and science and the keys to technology at an early period in their history? Or, do we remain 'hidden' until they approach the point at which we were lost to history?

In other words, if we had the choice, would we reveal ourselves as gods or bury the evidence only to be discovered by an advanced society who would view as as primitives?

@p-nullifidian I agree that we need to take into account of our primitive nature and teach them incrementally and accordingly

I agree would could be in a very good position to weed out war , segregation, hatred , violence and the list goes on and on really even weeding out religion and the concept of a god and carrying on where we left off and I do agree that introducing it to them incrementally and encourage to press on in the field of science .

@AJimboShep82 Basic sanitation and hygene, the scientific method and that the volcano doesn't care about your virgins would be a good start. It'd be nice if we get that across to everyone now.

@burnhippiesfor very true however in such an event I think it would be wise to prepare as if it were a possibility what do we pass on and what do we weed out if our species does somehow reach a golden age of human we are still technically in the silver ; and yes hygiene would be a fundamental thing we would need to teach them ( and providing the method in which we record knowledge onto does last no less than a million years )

And I would have to agree that clay tablets would be the way to go ( unless there is a more reliable method ) that could survive any natural disaster including volcanic eruptions, space debris , nuclear bomb , fire , tsunami etc.

@AJimboShep82 There are some really amazing modern ceramics that would be ideal. Pretty much what you get when you develop baked clay technology for ten thousand years.

@burnhippiesfor I see where you are going with that and if clay pots with designs have lasted for a very long time through the course of our current species

We may be moving backwards or are we stagnant?

Was thinking more like preserved knowledge

To be honest I haven’t read that yet

@AnneWimsey and that itself is the fundamental question ; computers would not last long at all and even clay is susceptible to breaking and potentially knowledge lost just as so with time capsules , paper would not last long at all either maybe sometime as “ simple “ as cave paintings/carvings ?

@AJimboShep82 not only that, but things become twisted in both meaning & interpretation, even pronunciation, over as little as a few hundred years

I will have to find that one to watch.

@gigihein My favorite episode. Patrick Stewart has said it's his favorite. His actual son plays his son in the episode.

@bingst I recently noticed hulu had The Next Generation, which I loved.I planned to bring watch it when I had time. I guess will jump to Season 5 to watch it now.

You and I share this episode as our favorite. So beautifully told, and superbly acted, and winner of a Hugo award. Even the cast considers this episode as one of the best. I love how Picard's ability to play the flute is reprised years later in the episode, "Lessons." Peace.

And to be honest what we considered sci fi of yesteryear a few of those had been made a reality

That’s if we get another go with our species ; who knows this could be the last time that our species does evolve

hope your right. Not sure its evidence based. It is however what I hope for my sweet little Ruby.

@gigihein Humans, rats and cockroaches are on every continent. We're giving bacteria a run for it's money on survivability.

@burnhippiesfor but let’s say an asteroid hit the earth the way it did and wiped out the dinosaurs

@AJimboShep82 The chances the meteor hitting Yucca Mountain, or anywhere the archive was kept are low enough to ignore. The whole plan would be hail mary that Brett Favre would think twice about. Some humans would survive a similar impact, and make babies like the soldiers after WWII.

@gigihein trying to be as logical as possible