Sunday, June 13, 2010

Geologic Time

I can see how we, as a human race, are so very small and insignificant when measured next to geologic time. We are but a blink of an eye next to geologic time . All of man-made's edifices and all that exists at this moment will, in time, be metamorphized. There will be no evidence that we ever existed. We, as a race, will either die due to a cataclysmic extinction event, or we will be forced to inhabit another celestial body. In any case, just think about this. We measure a human life in 10's of years. On average, humans live about 80 years old. A species has an average life of about 10 million years. In comparison, geologic time is measured in BILLIONS OF YEARS. BILLIONS OF YEARS. We are all the epitome of insignificance.

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