good news is not only will capitalism be over by then so nobody will exploit us, there wont even be humans to exploit! they’ll be a very distant memory.
As much as I would like to refute your claim, you're probably right. Humans as a species have existed for about 300,000 years, but human civilization has only been around for approximately 12,000. In that relatively short period of time, we have repeatedly almost annihilated ourselves on so many occasions for the dumbest of reasons.
As such, I doubt we could survive anything close to 200-million years
>>Dinosaurs were alive during the Mesozoic Era, which lasted from about 252 million to 66 million years ago, and is divided into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. They first appeared around 245 million years ago and dominated the Earth until their extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period
Dinos lasted 186 million years. It's conceivable that humans will still be around in some form.
Mammals have been around for over 225 million years, we already outlived the dinosaurs.
Humanity, doubtful we make it a million years, heck at the rate we're going a few hundred might be a stretch in our current form. We'll likely be back to small bands of hunter gatherers soon enough.
Thank you for your service. I am finding these long articles that bury the main point deep in the article super annoying. We know what you are up to, click-baity advertisers!!!
So, hypothetically, what do you think humanity will do?
Keep the 24h/day and change the definition of a second OR keep the definition of a second and add one hour?
There is a third option, create a new standard called "sience second" wich is the current second definition and then create a "time second" that will be longer so we can keep the 24h/day. What about that?
The International Fixed Calender would probably work. It has 13 months (with the extra month Sol placed after June) Each month has 28 days, and a year is 365 days with and extra day (New Year's day). They could shove the extra seconds into New Years day.
Read ‘Age of Miracles’ (sci-fi) that covers the Earth’s rotation slowly slowing down. It’s an ok read but some of the things that (hypothetically) happen are pretty cool.
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LordCaptain | 10 days ago
200 million years. Saved you a click. Article was about 10x longer than it needed to be.
futuranotfree | 10 days ago
good news is not only will capitalism be over by then so nobody will exploit us, there wont even be humans to exploit! they’ll be a very distant memory.
Pretend-Mango-1295 | 10 days ago
Good news everyone!
Basicly-Inevitable | 10 days ago
Memory of what? The AI robots?
Solonotix | 10 days ago
As much as I would like to refute your claim, you're probably right. Humans as a species have existed for about 300,000 years, but human civilization has only been around for approximately 12,000. In that relatively short period of time, we have repeatedly almost annihilated ourselves on so many occasions for the dumbest of reasons.
As such, I doubt we could survive anything close to 200-million years
SteelCrow | 10 days ago
>>Dinosaurs were alive during the Mesozoic Era, which lasted from about 252 million to 66 million years ago, and is divided into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. They first appeared around 245 million years ago and dominated the Earth until their extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period
Dinos lasted 186 million years. It's conceivable that humans will still be around in some form.
BCTripster | 10 days ago
Mammals have been around for over 225 million years, we already outlived the dinosaurs.
Humanity, doubtful we make it a million years, heck at the rate we're going a few hundred might be a stretch in our current form. We'll likely be back to small bands of hunter gatherers soon enough.
cityshepherd | 10 days ago
Don’t temp me with a good time
Charming-Lychee-9031 | 10 days ago
Great, now I have to get a new calender :(
thoroughlynicechap | 10 days ago
Thanks for the summary. I was able to go and add a reminder to my calendar without reading
I-can-speak-4-myself | 10 days ago
Thank you for your service. I am finding these long articles that bury the main point deep in the article super annoying. We know what you are up to, click-baity advertisers!!!
I_am_a_fern | 10 days ago
"Scientists predict a day will last 25 hours in 200 million years as 'Earth slows down'"
Article is not even needed.
-_kevin_- | 10 days ago
RemindMe! 200 million years
Spirited-Reputation6 | 10 days ago
Gent and a scholar
rOOnT_19 | 10 days ago
So 20 years? Bet.
Every time they put out an estimate it rapidly decreases year after year.
That-Ad-4300 | 10 days ago
Was it 30 words?
DavidIsIt | 10 days ago
Thanks for the save! Now I can spend that time doing other things...
paulsteinway | 10 days ago
And there STILL won't be enough hours in the day.
MagneticPsycho | 10 days ago
They'll probably just make us work longer
MountainOutside1742 | 10 days ago
So, hypothetically, what do you think humanity will do? Keep the 24h/day and change the definition of a second OR keep the definition of a second and add one hour?
Regular_Regular_4120 | 10 days ago
Changing the definition of a second will screw up everything. If anything, they'll change the definition of a day.
MountainOutside1742 | 10 days ago
There is a third option, create a new standard called "sience second" wich is the current second definition and then create a "time second" that will be longer so we can keep the 24h/day. What about that?
Regular_Regular_4120 | 10 days ago
The International Fixed Calender would probably work. It has 13 months (with the extra month Sol placed after June) Each month has 28 days, and a year is 365 days with and extra day (New Year's day). They could shove the extra seconds into New Years day.
extremenachos | 10 days ago
So in 200mil years our work shift grows to 9 hours?
obx808 | 10 days ago
Read ‘Age of Miracles’ (sci-fi) that covers the Earth’s rotation slowly slowing down. It’s an ok read but some of the things that (hypothetically) happen are pretty cool.
MDWST-RBLL | 10 days ago
I bet employers love to hear that!
_x_oOo_x_ | 10 days ago
I wish days lasted like 30 hours.. can't wait
ForwardBias | 10 days ago
So like, monday?
PhD_Pwnology | 10 days ago
Our galaxy will collide with Andromeda before that happens
FollowFlo | 10 days ago
Actually, Wiki says colliding with Andromeda will happen in 4-5 billion years
I_was_bone_to_dance | 10 days ago
Didn’t some huge dam in China slow the earth rotation by a second?
erocuda | 10 days ago
0.06 microseconds, or 0.00000006 seconds, so a lot less than a second. Three Gorges Dam.
I_was_bone_to_dance | 10 days ago
but the fact that it slowed rotation at all shows the mankind can change factors of the earth.
I’m down here in the Bible Belt talking to people who think Noah’s Ark was real.
Mysterious-Jam-64 | 10 days ago
We can't agree about the birth of creation in real time, but "real life scientists" predict that the earth will slow in 200 million years?
With all due respect, a) Who is paying for pointless nonsense like this? b) Fuck off. Absolute nonsense.