[MD] Truth in Recycled Mythology

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Ian to DMB]
The passing of the library or museum and (most of) it's contents into 
the reality of oblivion, but also it's own mythology, has a bigger 
benefit to future cultures than if the preserved contents (books and 
artefacts) are simply assimilated into the libraries of future cultures.

[Arlo]
Hi, Ian. Yes, from a larger view I agree. Evolution requires seismic 
events. The Reign of Mammals was possible only because of the event 
that precipitated the extinction of the dinosaurs. The problem is 
that its entirely possible that from a smaller viewpoint, where "we" 
are may indeed be at a lesser quality point than had (in this 
example) the knowledge in the LoA been preserved. For example, 
Western arrogance and hegemony derives from (among other things) the 
view that non-Western (and pre-Western) cultures are inferior, a 
belief stemming from the idea that ALL modern knowledge was 
"discovered" or "invented" by Enlightened White Men. We are only now 
rediscovering that "ancient" cultures possessed knowledge that 
pre-dated Europe's "discoveries", for example understanding 
precession and engineering. In any case, maybe someday intelligent 
hydrogen clouds will be talking about the asteroid that ended the 
Mammalian Era, and the loss of the LoA will be as forgotten as the 
day the last T-Rex died.