Earth Formation Site xkcd.com/2925
Apr 26, 2024 at 18:22 UTC
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what we need to do is calculate the exact position relative to the galactic core that the whole solar system was in at that time, then mark an arbitrary point along the earth's path at that point in time and erect a very expensive sign of similar note
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Ok
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Where's the merch kiosk?
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this is also what happens every time i eat at chipotle
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Haha. It’s also the precise location where the Big Bang happened 13.7 billion years ago!
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About 6300Km under the sign..
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looking for a local Earth Formation Reenactment Society to join
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That sign must be in the UK. Not enough bullet holes to be an American sign.
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What, no Lizard People Spaceship?
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Weirdly enough, it's also the site of the Big Bang.
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As Edward Abbey said, "This is the most beautiful place on Earth! There are many such places."
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Are we sure
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Ooooh where is this??
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“Location” is a pretty nebulous term here
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That was for Earth I. Earth II was completed much more recently and in much less time.
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So your saying that the Historical marker I've got in my front yard is in the wrong place.
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That's a suspiciously very round number 🧐
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Yep you’re still lost..
Just throw in the towel now
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"This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
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Does BCE mean: before Christ exited?
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"Please be careful as you explore the 510 million square kilometers of this historic site. Take only pictures, leave only footprints."
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The question is though: is that accurate as Earth has been spinning around the Sun and the Sun's spinning around Sgr A* and Sgr A*'s been dancing with other galaxies in the local group...are we anywhere near where the Earth was when it first formed??
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This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
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Very unrealistic......you know they would build a museum and charge $25 a person just to see that sign.
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And this plaque is in Copley Square, isn't it?
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Why is it flat?
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What a coincidence, the Earth formed at the exact same spot where the Big Bang occurred!
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My daily exercise is walking from the longitude of the north pole to the longitude of the south pole.
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I loooove that place!!
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