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ObscurityPrince  ·  3239 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Fermi Paradox

There's a note on the "Future of the Earth, the Solar System and the Universe" section of the Timeline of the far future wikipedia page that always makes me feel totally insignificant:

    Although listed in years for convenience, the numbers beyond this point are so vast that their digits would remain unchanged regardless of which conventional units they were listed in, be they nanoseconds or star lifespans.