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A language for all seasons, and for all time…
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Chicago, USA (Chicago Tribune): Designing nuclear danger signs understandable 10,000 years from now may seem relatively straightforward, but countless human efforts to bridge the ages have failed as societies fall, languages die and words become the indecipherable marks of a long-forgotten scribbler. "No culture has ever tried, self-consciously and scientifically, to design a symbol that would last 10,000 years and still be intelligible," said David Givens, an anthropologist who helped plan the nuclear site warnings. "And even if we succeed, would the message be believed?"
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