history of the earth

[kstu]

i remembered a statement from one of my gen. ed. science classes that i thought was pretty interesting.

it was something like... if the entire history of the earth was a 12 hour clock, all of recorded human history would have started at 11:59:59.

discuss.

 

[Anubis]

yes we are a fart in the wind on the geological time scale

 

[Heisenberg]

Recorded history goes back what, 5 or maybe 10 thousand years? Compare that with the age of the Earth of a few billion, and yeah, it's pretty insignificant.

 

[Hubris]

Originally posted by: Anubis
yes we are a fart in the wind on the geological time scale

And some of us stink more than others.

 

[edro]

And you think your life is significant in the grand scheme... HAHAHA!

 

[Looney]

Discuss about what? The earth is billions of years old. There are 1 thousand millions in one billion. And how long have we had recorded history? Maybe 20-30k years? Doesn't take a mathetical genius.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Recorded history goes back what, 5 or maybe 10 thousand years? Compare that with the age of the Earth of a few billion, and yeah, it's pretty insignificant.

And if you went into the history of the universe...:shocked:

 

[kstu]

Originally posted by: edro13
And you think your life is significant in the grand scheme... HAHAHA!

my feelings exactly

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Hardcore
Discuss about what? The earth is billions of years old. There are 1 thousand millions in one billion. And how long have we had recorded history? Maybe 20-30k years? Doesn't take a mathetical genius.

your math is off

human civ goes back to about 12000 BC at most

that was only 14000 years ago

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Hardcore
Discuss about what? The earth is billions of years old. There are 1 thousand millions in one billion. And how long have we had recorded history? Maybe 20-30k years? Doesn't take a mathetical genius.

your math is off

human civ goes back to about 12000 BC at most

that was only 14000 years ago

I was assuming when he said 'recorded' history, it included stuff like cave paintings. If so, then 30k is about right.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Hardcore

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Hardcore
Discuss about what? The earth is billions of years old. There are 1 thousand millions in one billion. And how long have we had recorded history? Maybe 20-30k years? Doesn't take a mathetical genius.

your math is off

human civ goes back to about 12000 BC at most

that was only 14000 years ago

I was assuming when he said 'recorded' history, it included stuff like cave paintings. If so, then 30k is about right.

ahh then you are correct in a way

i guess one woudl have to define recorded history

to me that wodul be a civilization recording its own sh!t and so on,

 

[pennylane]

Either way, the ballpark figure is about correct.