• @stoly
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    56 months ago

    Measured in human life it’s long ago. measured at universal scales, it was nothing.

    • @superkret@feddit.org
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      16 months ago

      A good measurement for human timescales is the age difference between a child and their grandfather (~50 years, basically one generation of oral tradition).
      The mammoths died out 80 grandfathers ago.

      • @stoly
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        26 months ago

        That’s an interesting unit of measure for sure. I do get what you’re saying–that’s sort of the limit to where some knowledge can reach.