Comment by AnotherGoodName
14 hours ago
Incidentally i always found the idea of an explorer grabbing the mysterious jewelled skull and getting cursed similar to the thought exercise of how we warn future cultures about the dangers of long term radioactive waste.
The warning needs to transcend language so you probably think a skull is pretty clear right? Put a big skull there, maybe make it light up or eye catching in some way just to really seal the deal? Surely they understand "don't go near this". Yet in a million years time you're probably going to get some explorer "finding the mysterious and cursed crystal skull" who will subsequently die of "the mysterious curse". It would have made a more interesting ending for that Indiana Jones movie that's for sure.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150912011810/http://www.wipp.e...
and
https://gwern.net/doc/technology/1993-trauth.pdf
A somewhat timely SMBC has the correct solution: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/waste-2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warnin...
I kinda wish they had used
> This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
> What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1005204456/nuclear-waste-warnin...
https://imgur.com/JShHfUF
A skull might be a warning sign to some people, but it is in no way a universal warning for all people. One example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calavera
This is the documentary you seek: Into Eternity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_Eternity_(film)
> The warning needs to transcend language so you probably think a skull is pretty clear right?
I feel that adorning the skull with jewels will puree the "No! No! NO!" message, in any epoch.
The skull needs to be encrusted with the specific rare gem that can only be used in temples to the deity of death. That'll be impossible to misunderstand.
I’m thinking they paint it in reflecto paint like safety vests which of course would make it a sparkly jewel
Probably even luminescent paint to be sure it can be seen in the dark. This is even more valuable than a sparkly gemstone, I suppose, that's almost magical!
Lol wasn't that the unexpected, quasi-hated part of that movie -- that it did end up being a technological thing rather than another religious artifact? Not criticising your main point, but that's a pretty funny coincidence