Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:38:12 +1200
> That's great - but I'm slightly confused. They don't say _which_
> infinity. Is that aleph 0, aleph 1 or what? Once they've worked out that
> detail, though, we can celebrate the maths revolution!
Using their diagram it looks like infinity is slightly higher than 3.5e33
years, which is rather bad news for people looking for proton decay (is
anyone still actively looking these days?)
Also, being pedantic, 1998 and the dinosaur extinction marks are to far to
the right... it should be much nearer the 'earth' formation time, after all,
4e9 is not a significant part of 3.5e33.
-Chris
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