i thought yes that makes sense.
..however on reflection.
..these statements are all assumption and can be disputed.
.and on closer examination make absolutely no sense at all.
.merle
--- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> Time is illusory...Bill!
>
> --- In [email protected], Merle Lester merlewiitpom@ wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Â time is timeless... merle
> >
> >
> > Â
> > Or 13,700 Million.Â
> >
> > It's not a British Billion yet, still a few orders of magnitude to go. Not
> > sure why I switched the 3 to a 4. Â Perils of the continuous advance of
> > knowledge after one leaves school.Â
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris Austin-Lane
> > Sent from a cell phone
> >
> > On Sep 24, 2012, at 12:52, Edgar Owen edgarowen@ wrote:
> >
> >
> > Chris,
> > >
> > >
> > >The correct age of the universe is 13.7 BILLION years...
> > >
> > >
> > >Edgar
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >On Sep 24, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Chris Austin-Lane wrote:
> > >
> > >Â
> > >>Slight nit pick: Â
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>The universe has only lasted about 14,700 million years; not million
> > >>million years yet. Â
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Thanks,
> > >>
> > >>--Chris
> > >>chris@
> > >>+1-301-270-6524
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:07 AM, William Rintala brintala@ wrote:
> > >>
> > >>sics. In geology we speak of hundreds of millions of years, just as
> > >>Joe might speak in terms of billions or million millions of years and
> > >>even those chunks of time are but an instant in eternity. Life on earth
> > >>began 600 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs lasted less
> > >>that 150 million years. Humanity's earliest ancestors didn't show up
> > >>until less that 5 million years ago. The last Ice Age ended 12,000 years
> > >>ago. The first domesticated animals, 10,000 years ago. The first
> > >>evidence of writing 4,000 years ago. Each human life lasts but 100
> > >>years, that's 0.00000017th the span of all life, 0.000000005th the span
> > >>of the age of the known universe. We live on a planet which seems
> > >>significant yet 1,300,000Â Earths could fit inside of our Sun and that
> > >>Sun is only a medium sized star in a universe of uncountable stars
> > >>(billions and billions according to Carl Sagan). From the
> > >>furthest known reaches of
known space our sun could not be
> > seen.Â
> > >>>
> > >>>This is my perspective regarding Zen. First the concept of Infinite
> > >>>Time and Space. Huge, beyond imaging. An infinite Infinity of
> > >>>Infinities is still nothing. It is no time or space at all. Given
> > >>>that infinite space and infinite time and given the demonstrated size
> > >>>and length of our physical existence and percieving myself as th
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
