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in reply to poll ideas quest 2009

Future historians will find that the material characteristic to the era starting now is…

(4000-2001 BC was copper age, 2000-1 BC was bronze age, 1-2000 AD was iron age.)

Update: ramrod makes a valid point, maybe “uranium” or “hydrogen” should be added as well.

Update: appeared as Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is....

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2009
by ramrod (Curate) on Apr 01, 2009 at 14:09 UTC
    How about nuclear . . .

    Of course, noo-klee-er and noo-kyuh-ler would need to be considered to avoid controversy.
      I think 'unclear' should also be there, not only for typos and also as it seems a very valid option...
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2009
by moritz (Cardinal) on Apr 01, 2009 at 09:53 UTC
    Not quite a material, but I'd call it the electricity age...

    Maybe add 'electron' as a material?