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If the earth is 4.5 billion years old, why are we still in 2016?

>> No.8331981

>>8331919

Time dilation. The earth is 4.5 billion years old, but we (humans) are standing on the surface, which is in motion due to the earth's rotation. Due to this rotational motion, we experience time dilation. Therefore we have only subjectively experienced 2016 years on the surface.

That's why dinosaur bones are 65 million years old; they're below the surface and therefore their orbital velocity is lower than on the surface. So they experience less time dilation. Different strata experience different amounts of time dilation; the deeper you go, the older things are.

>> No.8332032

>>8331981
beautiful

>> No.8332058

>>8331981
5/5

>> No.8332090
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8332090

>>8331981
OP BTFO
>OP BTFO
OP BTFO
>OP BTFO

>> No.8332098

>>8331919
Because 2016 is the amount of years measured after the birth of Christ. This calendar we are using specifically is due to the sponsorship and innovation of the Pope Gregory in the 16th century.

>> No.8332130

>>8332098
Yeah, but what happened BEFORE the birth of Christ? You can't have negative time, dipshit.

>> No.8332179

>>8331919
>>8331981
lol
OP, because the number 2016 only refers to a section of recorded history beginning 2,016 years ago.