a proposed long-term nuclear waste warning message that could be understood 10,000 years in the future
If I was some post-apocalypse caveman and I saw a glowing cat I'd assume it was a god and just live wherever it glows.
You missed the part about the atomic preisthood and "inventing a body of folklore, passed on through proverbs and myths, to explain that people should flee when a cat changes color." Such as the cute little song
Don't change color, kitty.
Keep your color, kitty.
Stay that pretty gray.
Don't change color, kitty.
Keep your color, kitty.
Keep sickness away.
My door turns purple when it's about to eat a cat.
My black cat often licks the bottom of my bedroom door for reasons beyond my understanding
Uhh, your door may have radiation in it.
If I was some post-apocalypse caveman and I saw a glowing cat I'd assume it was a god and just live wherever it glows.
You missed the part about the atomic preisthood and "inventing a body of folklore, passed on through proverbs and myths, to explain that people should flee when a cat changes color." Such as the cute little song