garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoTIL about the "The Boring Billion", a time period from 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago characterized by more or less tectonic stability, climatic stasis, and stalled biological evolution.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down13cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1183arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the "The Boring Billion", a time period from 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago characterized by more or less tectonic stability, climatic stasis, and stalled biological evolution.en.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squareflossdaily@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoGreat Filter - Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter … that’s what the great filter is about. The reason this is good news is that it suggests that the great filter was whatever leap happened after that billion year stagnation, and not, say, immediately ahead of us.
minus-squareDarkaga@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIt’s also possible that there are multiple filters. So this might be A filter and not THE filter.
Great Filter - Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter
… that’s what the great filter is about. The reason this is good news is that it suggests that the great filter was whatever leap happened after that billion year stagnation, and not, say, immediately ahead of us.
It’s also possible that there are multiple filters. So this might be A filter and not THE filter.