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I can’t even comprehend 26.7 billion years. That’s like the average American living 342 million lives over. The current world superpower is barely 300 years. I

I can’t even comprehend 26.7 billion years. That’s like the average American living 342 million lives over. The current world superpower is barely 300 years. Imagine what could change in a thousand, then a million, then billion…mind-boggling!

tristanc 3y ago
Woah, is this suggesting that the cumulative human-years experienced by current living US population will add up to the age of the entire universe? Mind-boggled again!
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- eindiran 3y ago
  >>> 27600000000 / 332000000 83.13253012048193 According to google the current life expectancy (in 2020) is: 77.28 years So a touch shy, but almost.
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- esun 3y ago
  and this <waves hands around> is all we have to show for it?
7373737373 3y ago
There are these two nice videos with the (apparently now outdated?) 13 billion years: To Scale: TIME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOVvEbH2GC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOVvEbH2GC0 Timelapse of the entire Universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBikbn5XJhg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBikbn5XJhg
Koshkin 3y ago
A few minutes in, this video talks about billions of trillions of trillions years into the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA
konfusinomicon 3y ago
if it wasn't for those pesky extinction level events that come about every now and then
Sharlin 3y ago
Food for thought: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future
- shagie 3y ago
  Video version: https://youtu.be/uD4izuDMUQA https://youtu.be/uD4izuDMUQA
The_Colonel 3y ago
Compare that to the size of the observable universe which is a sphere with a diameter of 5 x 10^23 kilometers. Or to the number of stars in the observable universe - 200 x 10^21. One star / (roughly corresponding) solar system is unimaginably huge and then there's so many of them. In comparison to some of these other measures, the age on the order of 10s of billion years seems actually surprisingly modest.

tristanc 3y ago

Woah, is this suggesting that the cumulative human-years experienced by current living US population will add up to the age of the entire universe? Mind-boggled again!

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eindiran 3y ago
>>> 27600000000 / 332000000 83.13253012048193 According to google the current life expectancy (in 2020) is: 77.28 years So a touch shy, but almost.
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esun 3y ago
and this <waves hands around> is all we have to show for it?

7373737373 3y ago

There are these two nice videos with the (apparently now outdated?) 13 billion years: To Scale: TIME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOVvEbH2GC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOVvEbH2GC0 Timelapse of the entire Universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBikbn5XJhg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBikbn5XJhg

Koshkin 3y ago

A few minutes in, this video talks about billions of trillions of trillions years into the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA

konfusinomicon 3y ago

if it wasn't for those pesky extinction level events that come about every now and then

Sharlin 3y ago

Food for thought: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future

shagie 3y ago
Video version: https://youtu.be/uD4izuDMUQA https://youtu.be/uD4izuDMUQA

The_Colonel 3y ago

Compare that to the size of the observable universe which is a sphere with a diameter of 5 x 10^23 kilometers. Or to the number of stars in the observable universe - 200 x 10^21. One star / (roughly corresponding) solar system is unimaginably huge and then there's so many of them. In comparison to some of these other measures, the age on the order of 10s of billion years seems actually surprisingly modest.