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gee_totes on May 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Timeline of the far future

Why are the events at the far end of the scale dated to pi^foo-power years?

xnxn on May 6, 2012 | [–]

The pi symbol is an icon denoting that the event was determined by mathematical principles. It's not part of the "years from now" value. See the legend above the TOC.

notJim on May 7, 2012 | [–]

Note that it's actually a symbol from the legend, not the base of the exponent. The base of all the exponents is 10.

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