What if we pack in a capsule DNA from all the species in this planet including human and along with it a computer with AI. The AI will be responsible to navigate the capsule to a distant solar system or perhaps another galaxy, once there it should be able to locate a suitable planet to land and occupy.
The capsule will release the seeds of our civilization in the unknown yet familiar with earth planet. Similar to what may have happened to earth million years ago. The only difference will be that the human DNA will have one genetically embedded psychologically need, the need to research and build a "Time Machine" and travel to a holy destination with it.
Therefore after many thousand years of natural evolution an entire civilization will work and live trying to create this "Time Machine", the chances of actually building it will be dramatically better than from our civilization.
The smart factor about this experiment is that if it works the results will appear instantly once the capsule is ready to takeoff from our planet. The coordinates on the capsule have as a holy destination the date of the takeoff and the central square downtown as a location.
So if we just figure out how to embed into DNA various psychological needs and have a fully working AI computer we can start experimenting.
Happy to hear your thoughts on the matter of the above text or on the matter of how insane am I.
"Was I before Chuang Tzu who dreamt about being a butterfly, or am I now a butterfly who dreams about being Chuang Tzu?"
-Chuang Tzu, Taoist philosopher