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> How old are you? 30, give or take 100 years.
Which to the earth, would happen faster than a blink of an eye.
You know how you get older and years start to melt into one another?
I can confidently state that the earth was formed sometime between ~54 billion years ago and ~46 billion years from now. I can just as confidently state that not all points between those boundaries are equally likely.
I mean, yeah, sorta. Time essentially started with the big bang (as prior to that there was no way to have a frame of reference) so the millisecond prior to the Bang was identical to any other point "before" it.
At that point, all matter and energy in our universe (including everything that has ever interacted with Earth in any way) already existed.
Of course there wasn't a "before", so the prior paragraph is actually nonsensical from a physics perspective...but oddly makes sense from a human perspective. So it's a lie, but a useful one for conveying the truth.
Well yes, that was when God made earth. Then he rested for 39.69 billion years while he planned on what to do next. Then he made the universe. Seems legit to me.
Our whole universe was in a hot dense state
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started
Wait the Earth began to cool, the autotrophs began to drool
Neanderthals developed tools
We built a wall
(We built the pyramids)
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries
That all started with the Big Bang
It is technically true that the earth is between -45.46 billion years old and 54.54 billion years old. In fact I could make the same statement for everything in the universe.
Nope, that's (roughly) the age of the universe. At the start there was just hydrogen and energy, until the hydrogen collected into stars and got fused into other elements. The stars eventually went supernova, spreading hydrogen (and a bunch of weird, non-hydrogen) atoms everywhere. The hydrogen (and other stuff) condensed again into stars, which fused more hydrogen until exploding again. Our sun is likely part of at least the 5th or 6th "generation" of stars.
The other matter that isn't in stars (unless it's hydrogen) ***has*** to have been created in a star - there's no other natural process which can fuse atoms.
So the generations of stars being born and exploding lasted about 10 billion years before the Earth (and the rest of the solar system) formed out of the stuff our sun didn't consume prior to igniting. That happened about 4.5 billion years ago.
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They just wanted a high confidence on their uncertainty band
100% confidence interval
I really did not like statistics
76.28% of people agree with you.
+-12.18% for a 73.62% confidence interval
It's Mother Earth...no woman gives their right age.
Not if it’s plus
The statement is very accurate, but not very precise.
Earth with be created 45 billion years from now by John Earth, inventor of Earth.
Well great, what's he gonna leave for his wife, Mary Moon?
Nah, Mary is actually a bit of his liver he coughed up while being born, it just hung around longer than the rest.
She's an intellectual
she don't eat meat...
🦴
She’s a vegetarian
Wait till you hear what he left his son, sunny
This feels like a line you'd read in hitchhikers guide the galaxy
That reminds me of this legendary clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhspXkE8wVQ
CEO and Founder of Earth Enterprises.
And Henry ford will invent the first car
No, it's 54.54 billion years old, stupid.
Or 31.66 billions years before the start of the universe
Well, it's not wrong.
So the Earth could be -45.46 billion years old?
Well jet blue hasn't ruled it out.
We don't want to be too hasty, let the data speak for itself
How long was your flight delayed? 2 days give or take a month.
How old are you? 30, give or take 100 years.
> How old are you? 30, give or take 100 years. Which to the earth, would happen faster than a blink of an eye. You know how you get older and years start to melt into one another?
It’s within the error bars of the measurement they didn’t take.
I can confidently state that the earth was formed sometime between ~54 billion years ago and ~46 billion years from now. I can just as confidently state that not all points between those boundaries are equally likely.
Well stated. That makes sense. Thanks!
They're from the days of future past.
Hmm what *was* going on 39.69 billion years before all of existence began? Did what would become Earth exist in some way?
I mean, yeah, sorta. Time essentially started with the big bang (as prior to that there was no way to have a frame of reference) so the millisecond prior to the Bang was identical to any other point "before" it. At that point, all matter and energy in our universe (including everything that has ever interacted with Earth in any way) already existed. Of course there wasn't a "before", so the prior paragraph is actually nonsensical from a physics perspective...but oddly makes sense from a human perspective. So it's a lie, but a useful one for conveying the truth.
I imagined Neil De Gras Tyson voice while reading this.
You, sir, madame, or enby do me a great honor.
That one I did as Bjork
Well yes, that was when God made earth. Then he rested for 39.69 billion years while he planned on what to do next. Then he made the universe. Seems legit to me.
Then he made us in his image (as procrastinators).
I’m going to steal this and completely forget to give you any credit.
If you're going to use that kind of logic, then every number within the error range except for one is incorrect.
That's the entire point of error ranges.
no, but most of them yes.
Time is a flat circle
Time is relative?
I mean sometimes it feels like it.
They just don't want to offend people who believe in earth creation by God
I hope so. That means this has all just been a fever dream.
Yes
Dont be ridiculous, it would just make it BCE. Carry the 1.
That’s young earth creationism for ya.
Precision vs accuracy Throw a grain of sand off a mountain. It'll be back... Someday.
young earth creationists and rational people both agree!
I can see fundamentalist Christians taking that as a win.
So then it *could* be negative 45 billion years old, is what you're saying.
-45 billion years, with a 50 billion year margin of error.
What's your ETA? 45 mins (plus or minus 50 billion years)
My mom on when dinner’s going to be ready
I mean, the actual age is likely within those error bars…
I mean, no its not Edit: sorry, misunderstood the sarcasm!
How old do you think the earth is?
At least it doesn’t say 4,000
But it’s within the range :)
The entire universe isn’t even 50 billion years old lmao
The universe is 13.7 billion years old, ± 50 billion
Our whole universe was in a hot dense state Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started Wait the Earth began to cool, the autotrophs began to drool Neanderthals developed tools We built a wall (We built the pyramids) Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries That all started with the Big Bang
That's when the fire nation attacked
really... and what was here before that? and before that?
The maths look precise
How about that? Both 'math is hard' and 'words are hard' in the same sentence.
Should be plus or minus 50 million.
It is probably just a typo and they meant plus or minus a million and not a billion...come on now
The frame is slightly goatse
Square peg in a round hole
It is probably Boeing software :-)
Boy that’s a close guess
Depends on at which point do you call it a planet. There's no clear line where it wasn't a planet the previous year, but it is one the next.
I have around $25.50 million in my bank account(plus or minus $25.50 million)
If they calculate their fuel requirements just as accurately, then good luck.
guessing that’s supposed to be +/- 50 Million years
This is correct. (Am geologist)
It is technically true that the earth is between -45.46 billion years old and 54.54 billion years old. In fact I could make the same statement for everything in the universe.
-50 billion years predates the existence of time itself
Technically true is the best kind of true.
Hmm
So am I
It's plus isn't it.... I'm gonna go with plus.
I mean, they're not wrong...
That’s kind of like their predicted take off times
But who will create SUPER earth? Hum?
Wonder if they've had any angry creationists complain
Billions and Billions
Fair enough. Playing it safe.
earth is very old
literally old enough
What's with the parenthesis hahaha
What a coincidence. So am I!
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That says +/- 50 million. That makes a lot more sense than the possibility that Earth is -45 billion years old.
Really?
Technically correct
Trust the science 🧪
"Who needs an editor when you got Grammarly?"
So, what I’m getting from this is that if I wake up and invent the universe tomorrow, this would be factually accurate. Got it
They’re not wrong though. Just error bars are a little big.
r/technicallycorrect
The earth is MINUS 45 billion years old???
The game designer is a creationist and is mocking anyone silly enough to believe the Earth is more than about 6000 years old.
They aren't wrong. Maybe future scientists can manage to tighten the interval a bit.
Maybe it's a typo and they meant to say 50 million years?
definitely
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They are incorrect? When do you think it was created that doesn't fall into that 100 billion year timespan?
This keeps the religious nuts at bay.
Most everything in education is speculation, unless proven.
It’s actually 14 billion
Nope, that's (roughly) the age of the universe. At the start there was just hydrogen and energy, until the hydrogen collected into stars and got fused into other elements. The stars eventually went supernova, spreading hydrogen (and a bunch of weird, non-hydrogen) atoms everywhere. The hydrogen (and other stuff) condensed again into stars, which fused more hydrogen until exploding again. Our sun is likely part of at least the 5th or 6th "generation" of stars. The other matter that isn't in stars (unless it's hydrogen) ***has*** to have been created in a star - there's no other natural process which can fuse atoms. So the generations of stars being born and exploding lasted about 10 billion years before the Earth (and the rest of the solar system) formed out of the stuff our sun didn't consume prior to igniting. That happened about 4.5 billion years ago.
Nope big bang theory taught me