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Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." If we were pretty certain this was going to actually
by legohead 8y ago
Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
If we were pretty certain this was going to actually happen, the article would be: The Pole is flipping soon! Here's what you need to know. etc
- luma 8y agoWhen dealing with geologists and cosmologists, 1000 years is the textbook definition of "soon".
- throwawaymath 8y agoQuite right. In fact on geological and cosmological timescales, "in 1000 years" essentially means, "momentarily." The modern measurements which underpin this observation have interesting parallels to the Vedic timekeeping of the Upanishads. Barely a (Brahma) day has passed since the beginning of the universe, and orders of magnitude more time must pass before Vishnu will blink for the first time :)