(July 15, 2015 at 11:48 am)pocaracas Wrote:(July 15, 2015 at 11:39 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Haha, anyway, getting back to the OP...
I thought it was interesting to see all the stuff about the history of life on Earth and the universe. What did you think?
Oh..... that time... see? I didn't follow the link, or didn't read its contents and then I screwed up!
I'm always blown away at the timescales involved with anything cosmically speaking, or geologically speaking...
I liked the approach that they used on the new Cosmos, where they compressed the whole time since the Big bang until now, into one calendar year:
(this image is huge, so feel free to right click and open it on a different tab so you can expand it)
The Earth shows up in September... life somewhere in late October to early November... sex starts at the very ending of November... Dinosaurs die out at the 30th of December. We, humans, are a blip on this cosmic calendar... and yet, some think we're so important...
The thing I posted is the same idea as this, except with much more detail. If you're into that stuff, you should check it out.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
