tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post6856090488738479765..comments2024-03-26T15:22:25.095-06:00Comments on The Earliad: 85 Billion StoriesEarl J. Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-88179151503245095262011-10-29T17:12:43.830-06:002011-10-29T17:12:43.830-06:00Unfortunately a lot of those 85 billion stories wo...Unfortunately a lot of those 85 billion stories would be about children starving to death. Life expectancy has increased dramatically over the years. Still interesting stories maybe, brutish and nasty though as well. Such are the joys of the natural world, makes one appreciate technology a bit more.<br /><br />Mr. PessimistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-45029550944598434182011-10-29T13:38:52.525-06:002011-10-29T13:38:52.525-06:00I'm not sure about the figure, but I dimly rec...I'm not sure about the figure, but I dimly recall that some biblical scholars estimate that there would have been 250-500 million people on Earth the day that Christ was born, which sets up your Year Zero situation. <br /><br />Today, if you are considered one in a million, you can be assured that there are seven thousand individuals who are exactly like you. That would be roughly the number of doppelgangers required to populate Wassila, Alaska."The Jeff Sample"noreply@blogger.com