Even if a race of future beings evolved to an intelligence beyond ours, there'd be a growing process that involved exploration and discovery along the way. I would think that during that process some of our artifacts would become subjects of their curiosity...and some could still be deadly, such as cobalt rods from power plants, weaponized uranium, or nuclear waste.
It also does seem like, as we grow smarter, we become more curious, making it hard to believe that a future being, no matter how brilliant, would become so nonchelant about even simple discovery.
Sidenote:
This hypothetical race could even be human if we self destruct; followed by millenia of primitive life, then regeneration.
Yes. In 5 billion years, everything we've done, and all of our remains will return to star dust. That leaves an awfully long time for the rise and fall of many life forms. That holds true even if the planet only actually remains habitable for 1 billion more years.
As to your last paragraph...for all we know, we very well may be able to reach interstellar travel capacity and progress well beyond our own solar system. While that sounds impossible, human flight seemed unreachable until the early 1900s. It is unlikely...knowing what we know now, but only time will tell.
Is it normal to wonder what future beings will think?
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Even if a race of future beings evolved to an intelligence beyond ours, there'd be a growing process that involved exploration and discovery along the way. I would think that during that process some of our artifacts would become subjects of their curiosity...and some could still be deadly, such as cobalt rods from power plants, weaponized uranium, or nuclear waste.
It also does seem like, as we grow smarter, we become more curious, making it hard to believe that a future being, no matter how brilliant, would become so nonchelant about even simple discovery.
Sidenote:
This hypothetical race could even be human if we self destruct; followed by millenia of primitive life, then regeneration.
Yes. In 5 billion years, everything we've done, and all of our remains will return to star dust. That leaves an awfully long time for the rise and fall of many life forms. That holds true even if the planet only actually remains habitable for 1 billion more years.
As to your last paragraph...for all we know, we very well may be able to reach interstellar travel capacity and progress well beyond our own solar system. While that sounds impossible, human flight seemed unreachable until the early 1900s. It is unlikely...knowing what we know now, but only time will tell.