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How long has Humanity been on Planet Earth?
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RE: How long has Humanity been on Planet Earth?
(May 2, 2024 at 12:15 pm)Ferrocyanide Wrote: We can model this mathematically.
N = N0 * 2^t/T

where N0 is the initial population of 2.
t is the number of years passed.
T is your claim of the population doubling every 200 y.

We can merge N0 and the 2^x part into
N = 2^(1 + t/T)

8 billion = 2^(1 + 6379.47057079 / 200)

and therefore, the 2 initial people existed 6379.47 y ago.
-------------------------------------------

{
N = 2^(1 + 2079.47/200)
= 2700 people in the year 2300 (Noah’s time) (If we use a base of 0, it is the year 2079.47)
}

Also, I think you want to believe that Noah’s flood is a fact and so, you probably believe it took place around 2300 BCE (4300 y ago)
Doing the math where T = 200 y:
N = 8 * 2^t/T
N = 8 * 2^4300/200 = 23.7 million

so, according to the equation, today’s world population should be 23.7 million. That’s wrong, so let’s correct it.

I think you need to reduce that 200 y doubling thing.
Doing the math:
8 billion = 8 * 2^(4300/T)
Solving for T
T = 144 y

In other words, the population doubles every 144 y.



(March 12, 2024 at 10:50 am)MFrancis Wrote: Stated differently, if humanity began around 100,000 B.C. but yet doubled around 200 to 300 years, and increased by 1000 every 3000 years or so, the population would be >10^30, i.e. Millions of Trillions of Trillions, not just 8 BN. How do we resolve this dilemma/paradox, from within the evolutionary paradigm?

Thoughts and comments welcome.

Why 100,000 BCE?
Do you believe that suddenly, there were 2 humans 100,000 y ago?

This is something that I would like you to think about.

If creationists actually could think, there'd be a lot less creationists.

You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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How long has Humanity been on Planet Earth? - by MFrancis - March 12, 2024 at 10:50 am
RE: How long has Humanity been on Planet Earth? - by Simon Moon - May 16, 2024 at 3:23 pm

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