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First atomic blast proposed as start of Anthropoce
#53667 01/20/15 05:08 PM
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http://www.nature.com/news/first-atomic-...d=NEWS-20150120

If they do opt for this it will be a sad, but probably appropriate, reflection on humans.

There never was nothing.
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Re: First atomic blast proposed as start of Anthropoce
Bill S. #53669 01/20/15 11:37 PM
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It seems a bit arrogant to go naming a geological era after ourselves. It sounds to me more like a protest movement than a considered judgement. And starting it with the atomic bomb really gets far out. We started changing the world a long time before that.

Bill Gill

C is not the speed of light in a vacuum.
C is the universal speed limit.

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