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Re:IAC confirms existence of a Super-earth in the habitable ... by geraldwhen on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @08:25PM (#42860349)
Your time scale is so small. There are people alive today that witnessed the moon landing on television.

Galactic timescales are large. Plan for 10,000 years out, not tomorrow.

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Re:IAC confirms existence of a Super-earth in the habitable ... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @08:39PM (#42860467)
> Plan for 10,000 years out, not tomorrow.

I'm happy to. But then, like most people, I'm impatient, so I'll draw a second plan that ensures I get to see at least some of the cool stuff before I die, and then I'll get annoyed when this plan isn't followed.

Galactic timescales are large. Human lifespans are tiny.

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Re:IAC confirms existence of a Super-earth in the habitable ... by lazide on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @12:08AM (#42861778)
Notably, 10,000 years is longer than all of recorded human history.

It’s a bit of a pipe dream to think we’d plausibly be able to follow through consistently on anything even 1% that long right now.

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