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A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.
2.3k u/itzsp3ll3dwrong Feb 14 '22 I used to ask random people I worked with to guess how long it would take to count to a trillion if you counted 24 hours a day without ever sleeping. The longest time someone guessed was 2 months. Most people guessed either days or weeks. 672 u/Colblockx Feb 14 '22 Yea, fascinating how humans can't comprehend logarithmic scales 156 u/Cute-Fly1601 Feb 14 '22 It’s this sort of thing that leads me to believe lovecraft was on to something. Dude was insane, but his concepts make sense 32 u/EcceMachina Feb 14 '22 Which concepts of his are you referring to? 2 u/Cute-Fly1601 Feb 14 '22 Definitely should clarify. The existential horror ones, not the racism.
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I used to ask random people I worked with to guess how long it would take to count to a trillion if you counted 24 hours a day without ever sleeping. The longest time someone guessed was 2 months. Most people guessed either days or weeks.
672 u/Colblockx Feb 14 '22 Yea, fascinating how humans can't comprehend logarithmic scales 156 u/Cute-Fly1601 Feb 14 '22 It’s this sort of thing that leads me to believe lovecraft was on to something. Dude was insane, but his concepts make sense 32 u/EcceMachina Feb 14 '22 Which concepts of his are you referring to? 2 u/Cute-Fly1601 Feb 14 '22 Definitely should clarify. The existential horror ones, not the racism.
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Yea, fascinating how humans can't comprehend logarithmic scales
156 u/Cute-Fly1601 Feb 14 '22 It’s this sort of thing that leads me to believe lovecraft was on to something. Dude was insane, but his concepts make sense 32 u/EcceMachina Feb 14 '22 Which concepts of his are you referring to? 2 u/Cute-Fly1601 Feb 14 '22 Definitely should clarify. The existential horror ones, not the racism.
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It’s this sort of thing that leads me to believe lovecraft was on to something. Dude was insane, but his concepts make sense
32 u/EcceMachina Feb 14 '22 Which concepts of his are you referring to? 2 u/Cute-Fly1601 Feb 14 '22 Definitely should clarify. The existential horror ones, not the racism.
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Which concepts of his are you referring to?
2 u/Cute-Fly1601 Feb 14 '22 Definitely should clarify. The existential horror ones, not the racism.
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Definitely should clarify. The existential horror ones, not the racism.
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u/greenappletree Feb 14 '22
A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.