The Age of the Universe is a Function of Time

[theweaselking]

Abstract: Scientific estimates of the age of the earth and the universe show a consistent tendency to increase at an increasing rate as time goes on. This relation has been surprisingly consistent during the last three centuries. The implications of this are, of course, profound, for they impact on both the future and the past history of time itself.



Figure 1. The estimated age of the universe as a function of the time the estimate was made. Estimates earlier than 1850 are too near the axis to plot, and their error estimates are untrustworthy at best.

by Donald E Simanek

Comments

[maelorin]

^_^

[publius1.livejournal.com]

So, what is the conclusion we are to draw here? That the age of the universe is infinite, and we just haven't reached the singularity yet?

[waryoptimism.livejournal.com]

Eh, only three data points (of which only two are on this graph) actually measure the age of the universe - the first few are geneological biblical estimates of the date of creation, and the middle few are geological dating of the age of the earth. Lumping them all in one graph is misleading. With only three data points, you can't determine the relationship at any accuracy. Let's not go nuts here :P

[ardys-the-ghoul.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to come back and think about this when I'm not massively sleep deprived... O_O