PSI Blog 20241104 Why are We Newcomers to the Infinite Universe?
Every portion of the universe has a
beginning and an end.
Thanks to Dr. Phil for this
intriguing question:
“What explanation do you have for
the fact that life has only existed on Earth for a short time (3.5 billion
years?), even though the universe has existed forever?”
[GB: Well, like everything else, our
portion of the Infinite Universe has to have some age. Like our 4.603-billion-year-old
Sun, each of the 400 billion stars in our 13.61-billion-year-old Milky Way has
a different age. This implies there are much older planets and life forms yet
to be discovered within the galaxy.
Homo sapiens only evolved in the
last 300,000 years (0.3 million or 0.0003 billion years). Just imagine what
civilization would be like if the Sun was 4.604 Ga instead of 4.603 Ga! As a
species, we exist in such a unique, juvenile period fast approaching maturity in
2050. According to the latest UN estimate, we will gradually reach zero
population growth by 2086. By then we will have reached our “carrying capacity”
and long since given up the Big Bang Theory, which will be remembered as the
“Last Creation Myth.”
Your question implies another: How
long will Homo sapiens last? Well, the dinosaurs lasted over 165 million years.
Like the dinosaurs and every other species, including humans, there is a time
for coming together (complementarity) and for coming
apart (Second Law of Thermodynamics). Like the dinosaurs, we too will succumb
to extinction. When will that be? Who knows?
Of note is that extinction is
produced by a change in the macrocosm (environment). In this regard, Steve,
Kent, and I dated three major extinctions at 66, 202, 252 Ma (million years)
that were coincident with huge volcanic eruptions (e.g., the Deccan Traps in
western India).[1]
This includes the dinosaur extinction previously thought to have been the
result of the asteroid impact at 66 Ma. The Sun will run out of fuel in 5 Ga (billion
years), so that is the maximum for us. It looks like we might be able to
intercept the next big asteroid, but another huge volcanic eruption will make
things a bit difficult on the way.
Today’s global move toward fascism seems
to have produced global pessimism. The warming climate and calls to “save the
planet” are all the rage. Believers in “free will” often think humanity's
extinction is at hand. That would be unprecedented, for no species has ever
committed suicide, as I pointed out long ago when nuclear war was the scare du
jour.[2]
Yet, our inherent myopism makes us think we will succumb to climate change despite
the fact Homo sapiens has survived its vicissitudes numerous times. These
include the little ice age 600 years ago, the medieval warm period 1,000 years
ago, the 3,000-yr drought that began 10,000 years ago,[3]
the 126-m drop in sea level when most of Wisconsin was covered with a mile of
glacial ice 22,000 years ago, and the 6-m rise in sea level during the Sangamon
interglacial warm period 122,000 years ago. Even though atmospheric CO2
has risen from 0.0357% to 0.0422% and global temperature has risen 0.8 oC
since 1993, the rise in sea level pales in comparison. Surprisingly, it occurs at
only 3.2 mm/yr (Figure 1). At that rate, sea level will have
risen only three inches by 2050. Do you think the planet
will be able to survive that along with the demise of the Big Bang Theory?]
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[1] Puetz, S.J., Condie, K.C., and Borchardt, Glenn,
2018, Analyses of global zircon ages, mass extinctions, and evolution, 32 p. [This
paper was rejected for being too controversial. Our theory now has support
(Walters, Sam, 2023, Did Massive Volcanic Eruptions Drive Dinosaurs to Become
Extinct?). We will submit it for publication next year along with additional
data.]
[2] Borchardt, Glenn, 2007, The Scientific Worldview:
Beyond Newton and Einstein: Lincoln, NE, iUniverse, 411 p. [https://go.glennborchardt.com/TSW].
[3] Borchardt, Glenn, and Lienkaemper, J.J., 1999,
Pedogenic calcite as evidence for an early Holocene dry period in the San
Francisco Bay area, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 111,
no. 6, p. 906–918. [ftp://ehzftp.cr.usgs.gov/jlienk/reprints/MasonicCO3_GSAB99.pdf].