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Is there broad consensus on exactly when the Holocene Era began? The best that I can tell is "approximately 11700 years before 1950", which means we're approxi
by kijin 9y ago
Is there broad consensus on exactly when the Holocene Era began?
The best that I can tell is "approximately 11700 years before 1950", which means we're approximately in the year 11768. But approximate years are not enough for people who actually need to type them into calendar apps.
It doesn't even have to be measured from any real event as long as everyone is on the same page. Jesus wasn't born on December 25, 1 AD, either; but nobody cares.
- coldacid 9y agoThat's why the epoch was arbitrarily set at 10,000 years before the BC/AD epoch. A rough approximation that lines up with the current calendar works a lot better for everyone than a more accurate approximation.