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senshantoday at 3:11 PM1 replyview on HN

Isaac Asimov's Nightfall [0], but on a longer cycle?

Jokes aside, what is the evidence, beyond "Ancient mystical texts"?

[0] http://www.myths.com/pub/fiction/science-fiction/Asimov/Nigh...


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graemeptoday at 3:19 PM

I think there is no evidence for it, but I think the point of the Silurain hypothesis (which the article does not convey well) is that if there were such civilisations we would not know as its unlikely we would find any evidence.

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