No :) - these arguments do not depend on precise timescales - ROTFL. Big and old just means big and old enough for evolution to take place.
Cheers On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 07:55:12AM -0400, jamikes wrote: > Russell, you wrote: > "... - ... By contrast a > universe that is just big enough (eg a few years old,...=... > what 'years'? > Terrestrial? some planet's in Oregon? lightyear(!?) > or do you have a UTM (Universal Time Schedule) for the Plenitude? > > Sorry for the bartend to speak into > > John M > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russell Standish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jonathan Colvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <everything-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:02 AM > Subject: Re: Measure, Doomsday argument > -- *PS: A number of people ask me about the attachment to my email, which is of type "application/pgp-signature". Don't worry, it is not a virus. It is an electronic signature, that may be used to verify this email came from me if you have PGP or GPG installed. Otherwise, you may safely ignore this attachment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 8308 3119 (mobile) Mathematics 0425 253119 (") UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australia http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks International prefix +612, Interstate prefix 02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
pgpp4G31MME6k.pgp
Description: PGP signature