Timeline for How long would it take for a civilization to forget how it began?
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| Sep 27, 2023 at 4:55 | comment | added | nickpapoutsis | @GrimmReaper18B 30 generations is around 1000 years. We have oral history going back around 35000 years (earthdate.org/episodes/the-oldest-story-ever-told) and those people never really had the mentality of "preserving knowledge" in a scientific way. Teleported people will never forget their "Atlantis" and many will actively try to get back there, regardless of how brutal the war might be. Regarding details, I mentioned that those can be a hit or miss for various reasons but they are largely irrelevant if all you need is knowledge of Earth existing. | |
| Sep 26, 2023 at 7:10 | comment | added | GrimmReaper18B | I don't really think so.... Ever heard of the telephone game? Im thinking that in like 30 ish generations knowledge of Earth would be like 'oo we lived in heaven where food was plenty and there were horseless wagons and flying metal birds would carry us across the world in hours or smth then for some reason we got kicked out and we have to live here' | |
| Sep 9, 2023 at 5:22 | history | answered | nickpapoutsis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |