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It was discussed as a play written by David Mamet in 1983, inspired by a phone call to a Larry King radio show in 1980, featuring the idea of resurrecting the dead on Jupiter, similar to the Toynbee tiles.
Because in 1983 Mamet wrote a play called 4 AM and he said later that it was an homage to Larry King who back in the early, early 80s was a late night radio talk show host long before he had his TV sh...
— Episode: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Episode: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
It was discussed as a play written by David Mamet in 1983, inspired by a phone call to a Larry King radio show in 1980, featuring the idea of resurrecting the dead on Jupiter, similar to the Toynbee tiles.
Because in 1983 Mamet wrote a play called 4 AM and he said later that it was an homage to Larry King who back in the early, early 80s was a late night radio talk show host long before he had his TV show.
And in the one-act play, the caller who calls into this radio show talks about resurrecting the dead on Jupiter and how people are dead molecules that you could bring back to life.
So David Mamet probably wrote a play based on a call he heard of the tile maker who called into Larry King in 1980 to explain his views on resurrecting the dead on Jupiter.
It's just not possible that it's a coincidence because of the language that's used in the one act like resurrect dead molecules. Just resurrect them on Jupiter. 2001 is mentioned. Toynbee is mentioned.