To conclude my short series on the emergency plan to be adopted to save the mathematical heritage of humanity, I would like to address two points today: when to bury the tablets and how. I think we can envisage this action when 99% of humanity is gone, when the average annual temperature is 100°F in temperate regions, when no more birds will sing because there will be no more insects, when the fields will look like those described by Steinbeck at the beginning of Grapes of Wrath. But the surest sign that it's time to get going will be the first nuclear power plant explosions because no one will be able to take care of them anymore.
At that time a few humanists in poor health accompanied by a few sailors in a barely less pitiful state will take the last boat still in working order in Marseille. They will cross the Mediterranean, which will be nothing more than a kind of pond deprived of any kind of life. All along the way they will only see a few artificial islands made of dirty plastic and colonized by acidophilic bacteria. They will land in Beirut and take the last bus to Babylon. It will be necessary to stock up on petrol canisters before departure. Arriving in Babylon they will bury the tablets at the foot of a ziggurat and lie down to wait for death. Have a nice week-end. -- FL -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metamath" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/metamath/b018cc09-32ba-4b98-8abf-2249f26c15c5%40googlegroups.com.
