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Nickslife89 t1_j1lnnr5 wrote

Reply to comment by Aarcn in Is the Milky Way... Normal? by cciccitrixx

Ill be dirt, and so will my great to the 100th grandson.

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bigloser42 t1_j1ltvle wrote

But your 6̶6̶,̶6̶6̶6̶,̶6̶6̶6̶ᵗ̶ʰ̶ 200,000,000ᵗʰ grandson will have to deal with it(assuming a 7̶5̶ 25 year average l̶i̶f̶e̶s̶p̶a̶n̶ generation length)

Edited because thinking is hard.

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Aquaticulture t1_j1lysfc wrote

Are you confusing lifespans with generations?

There are roughly 3 generations per 75 years.

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bigloser42 t1_j1m2djq wrote

No, absolutely not. Well maybe a little bit. Ok, a lot.

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wbsgrepit t1_j1oc4tg wrote

Given the rate of genetic mutations even if there was not many many extinction events in that time there would be nothing living that resembles a human.

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bigloser42 t1_j1ocvk0 wrote

I didn’t say human. I said grandson. Go far enough back and a fish is your grandfather.

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GoodolBen t1_j1lu0ha wrote

With an average generation time of 25 years, your great^200,000,000th grandson would be dirt

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Hawk_in_Tahoe t1_j1mko6q wrote

And before that, you were a star.

Same for your 100th grandson.

And eventually, you’ll meet each other in a black hole.

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