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.....some fascinating time-lines. Worth pondering, and otherwise no comment here:
http://www.waitbutwhy.com/2013/08/putti ... ctive.html
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! We're puny little insignificant blips!
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Rather sad that it took so apparently long for "behaviorally modern" humans to think to start recording history.
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Isn't it funny that the timeline gets so long the further you go back, but it's so short for the length of time that people have been developing it? ;)
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We're nothing but a tiny bug splat on the windshield of history. :P
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tunnelcat wrote:Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! We're puny little insignificant blips!
http://scaleofuniverse.com/

Are we puny enough for you yet? :P
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Another cafe post in e&c?
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not really, Issac........I was hoping for and got 'commentary'. It is not a matter of Ethics, but sometimes pondering perspectives is a valid exercise.
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It's valid E&C material.
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