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Ol Janx Spirit

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22. Compared to the Universe (13.8 billion years): Humans have been present for roughly 0.002%...

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:50 AM

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...of the time since the Big Bang.
https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/what-was-it-like-when-humans-first-arose-on-planet-earth-c8e2f108278d

If the entire history of the universe were compressed into a 24-hour day, human existence would occupy only the last few seconds before midnight.

Further, humans have only known about the Big Bang and Dark Matter for roughly 0.03% to 0.05% of our own existence.

The expectation that we would really come to terms with the actual universe through observations--keeping in mind that our observations comprise the same tiny sliver of the universe's existence as our own--and working out mathematical formulas is the real crisis.

It is the equivalent of a baby born one second ago thinking that it already knows where its mother came from.

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