Re: Measure, Doomsday argument

From: Russell Standish <r.standish.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:02:52 +1000

No :) - these arguments do not depend on precise timescales -
ROTFL. Big and old just means big and old enough for evolution to take
place.

Cheers

On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 07:55:12AM -0400, jamikes wrote:
> Russell, you wrote:
> "... - ... By contrast a
> universe that is just big enough (eg a few years old,...=...
> what 'years'?
> Terrestrial? some planet's in Oregon? lightyear(!?)
> or do you have a UTM (Universal Time Schedule) for the Plenitude?
>
> Sorry for the bartend to speak into
>
> John M
>
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