very cool. one question though, if the origin of life was so early at 0400 yet ten hours later at 1400 single cell algae turn up, what form did life have for that intervening massive block of time? just rna squigglin around or what
“A big hand please, ladies and gentlemen,” he hollered, “for the Great Prophet Zarquon! He has come! Zarquon has come again!”
“Er ...” he said, “hello. Er, look, I'm sorry I'm a bit late. I've had the most ghastly time, all sorts of things cropping up at the last moment.” He seemed nervous of the expectant awed hush. He cleared his throat. “Er, how are we for time?” he said, “have I just got a min-” And so the Universe ended
Reminds me of the Carl Sagan Cosmic Calendar episode where he represented the life of the universe as a monthly calendar... big bang on Jan 1 12:00am and evolved humans the last few minutes in December.
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“A big hand please, ladies and gentlemen,” he hollered, “for the Great Prophet
Zarquon! He has come! Zarquon has come again!”
“Er ...” he said, “hello. Er, look, I'm sorry I'm a bit late. I've had the most ghastly
time, all sorts of things cropping up at the last moment.”
He seemed nervous of the expectant awed hush. He cleared his throat.
“Er, how are we for time?” he said, “have I just got a min-”
And so the Universe ended
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Reminds me of the Carl Sagan Cosmic Calendar episode where he represented the life of the universe as a monthly calendar... big bang on Jan 1 12:00am and evolved humans the last few minutes in December.
youtu.be/Ln8UwPd1z20?si=zpgeqe…
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •I wonder at what time the Theia collision happens...? Probably those first few hours?
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planet that is hypothesized to have impacted Earth and created the Moon
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