bitcoinlimit on Nostr: imagine a catastrophic event a few thousands yrs ago nearly wiped out humanity. a ...

imagine a catastrophic event a few thousands yrs ago nearly wiped out humanity. a small group with advanced technology and preserved knowledge escaped beneath the oceans and continued evolving while the survivors on the surface were forced to start over from scratch. over countless generations and continued evolution, the underwater civilization became more advanced, more adapted to their environment and eventually so different from us that they would seem alien.

meanwhile, surface humanity rebuilt from primitive caveman, unaware that another branch of our own had continued its technological and evolutionary journey uninterrupted.

if such advanced branch of humanity existed today, would they reveal themselves to us? or would they view us the same way we view isolated tribes like those on north sentinel. great to observe but best left undisturbed.