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If our 14 billion year cosmic history were scaled to 1 year, then 100,000 years of human history would be 4 minutes, and a 100 year life would be 0.2 seconds.
Max Tegmark Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
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If our 14 billion year cosmic history were scaled to 1 year, then 100,000 years of human history would be 4 minutes, and a 100 year life would be 0.2 seconds.
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Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

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