In Case You Thoguht You Mattered...

[JasonPratt]

Oh certainly not new, except to astrophysics. ;) (That closing shot from the first Thor movie was great. :) )

I keep waiting for someone to officially announce, "Uh... okay, according to math, if the Bang hyperinflated the universe millions of times faster than the speed of light, all our bases for calculating cosmic ages are basically wrong. In a real way, the universe might have only been around for six to ten thousand years; it just seems vastly much older due to the flexibility of time constantly running down in entropy."

[Gusington]

 :o

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Oh certainly not new, except to astrophysics. ;) (That closing shot from the first Thor movie was great. :) )

I keep waiting for someone to officially announce, "Uh... okay, according to math, if the Bang hyperinflated the universe millions of times faster than the speed of light, all our bases for calculating cosmic ages are basically wrong. In a real way, the universe might have only been around for six to ten thousand years; it just seems vastly much older due to the flexibility of time constantly running down in entropy."

Horse dung. Even converting carbon to oil or diamonds takes longer than a few 1000 years.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Maybe "Galaxy Tree" or something. (Isn't that the new hotness? The universe looks like a tree?

Maybe not so new. Many older belief systems see the greater expanse of existence in the form of a 'world tree'. I'm partial to Yggdrasil myself.

Time tree more like. It has the added benefit of going well with tea time. Have a biscuit.

[MetalDog]

Maybe "Galaxy Tree" or something. (Isn't that the new hotness? The universe looks like a tree?

Maybe not so new. Many older belief systems see the greater expanse of existence in the form of a 'world tree'. I'm partial to Yggdrasil myself.

Time tree more like. It has the added benefit of going well with tea time. Have a biscuit.

Douglas Adams strikes again!

[Staggerwing]

Have a biscuit.

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Which one goes best with beer?

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

[Staggerwing]

Looks tasty.  O0

[Ubercat]

Oh certainly not new, except to astrophysics. ;) (That closing shot from the first Thor movie was great. :) )

I keep waiting for someone to officially announce, "Uh... okay, according to math, if the Bang hyperinflated the universe millions of times faster than the speed of light, all our bases for calculating cosmic ages are basically wrong. In a real way, the universe might have only been around for six to ten thousand years; it just seems vastly much older due to the flexibility of time constantly running down in entropy."

I didn't peg you for a YEC.

[Staggerwing]

A rock is as old as it is. All the rest is Personal Gnosis and frame of reference.

[JasonPratt]

Oh certainly not new, except to astrophysics. ;) (That closing shot from the first Thor movie was great. :) )

I keep waiting for someone to officially announce, "Uh... okay, according to math, if the Bang hyperinflated the universe millions of times faster than the speed of light, all our bases for calculating cosmic ages are basically wrong. In a real way, the universe might have only been around for six to ten thousand years; it just seems vastly much older due to the flexibility of time constantly running down in entropy."

I didn't peg you for a YEC.

I'm not; I just like the amusing confluence of science oddities.

Carbon doesn't necessarily take that long to turn into coal, btw. Less sure about oil. Fossilization can happen a lot faster than generally advertised, too.

None of that means YEC is true, but there's a lot of pressure the other way to make data fit the paradigm more neatly. As someone who grew up very comfortably believing in neo-Darwinian gradualism and a super-ancient universe, I've found my naturally critical attitude rebounding around in some surprising directions. ;)