Jan Zalasiewicz
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“wonderful and deeply thought-provoking idea.”
Jan Zalasiewicz · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-25
Zalasiewicz praised the Silurian hypothesis as thought-provoking but raised concerns about its assumptions.
“energy-guzzling, manipulative, constructional, and producing waste in colossal quantities.”
Jan Zalasiewicz · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-25
Zalasiewicz said he is comfortable ruling out the prior existence of an advanced civilization like ours.
“the effectiveness of the fossilization process and how good it is at preserving a history of what has happened on our planet,”
Jan Zalasiewicz · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-25
Zalasiewicz argued that Schmidt and Frank underestimated the fossilization process's effectiveness at preserving planetary history.
“dinosaurs that could sing complex arias, say, or Jurassic ammonites that could compose poetry,”
Jan Zalasiewicz · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-25
Zalasiewicz said intelligent pre-human societies cannot be entirely ruled out.