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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

It will be about 3% of the way though its expected life time

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[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

And yet the 10,000 years of the clock's run time is not even a single tick in comparison to geological time or the lifespan of the sun.

Human life spans are so short in comparison to the wider universe it is hard for the human mind to grasp. We are not even a blink in the eye of a person who lives to 100.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

What's the 10000 year clock?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago

It a huge clock built inside a mountain that is designed to encourage long term thinking

https://longnow.org/clock/

https://youtu.be/KzWNHTZqdOs

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[-] MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

Depending on which point in Star Trek you're referring to, for the most part the shows are about 400 years into our future.

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