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minus-squareilli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoIn the grand scheme of things the pyramids were built relatively recently, but I’d still consider it quite long ago
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoMeasured in human life it’s long ago. measured at universal scales, it was nothing.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoA good measurement for human timescales is the age difference between a child and their grandfather (~50 years, basically one generation of oral tradition). The mammoths died out 80 grandfathers ago.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s an interesting unit of measure for sure. I do get what you’re saying–that’s sort of the limit to where some knowledge can reach.
In the grand scheme of things the pyramids were built relatively recently, but I’d still consider it quite long ago
Measured in human life it’s long ago. measured at universal scales, it was nothing.
A good measurement for human timescales is the age difference between a child and their grandfather (~50 years, basically one generation of oral tradition).
The mammoths died out 80 grandfathers ago.
That’s an interesting unit of measure for sure. I do get what you’re saying–that’s sort of the limit to where some knowledge can reach.