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It amazes me that these events seem "frequent" when you look at them overall, but then extremely rare when you realise how far apart some of them are (millions
by Thorentis 7y ago
It amazes me that these events seem "frequent" when you look at them overall, but then extremely rare when you realise how far apart some of them are (millions and millions of years). It really makes you realise just how small a window of time human existence has been given. We may see one or two major geological events in all of human histroy if we're lucky (or unlucky, depending on what they are!).
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- sjcsjc 7y agoNot wishing to be a smart-arse, but I can't think of any major geological event that we would consider ourselves lucky to observe.
- n0rbwah 7y agoI bet many geologists would consider themselves lucky to observe some major geological events. Just as long as it's safe enough for their person.
- sjcsjc 7y agoFair enough. Maybe it depends on the definition of "major"
- shadowprofile77 7y agoThe problem with the really big geological events is that they have no safe observation distance anywhere on Earth. I mean, I'd love to see a 3 mile asteroid strike the Earth, just for the sake of observing so many cascading disaster effects...... so long as I could do it from space, while viewing an alternate version of the Earth, in which I don't have to live afterwards.