Has the Earth entered the Anthropocene Age, or not?

[dlamberth]

"On Tuesday they will deliver the last of their findings -- the location of ground-zero for the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch borne of humanity's outsized impact on the planet. "

Welcome To The Anthropocene, Earth's New Chapter

 

[JohnEmmett]

Kali Yuga, in Hinduism, is the fourth and worst of the four yugas in a Yuga Cycle …

It is believed to be the present age, which is full of conflict and sin. Wikipedia

 

[AV1611VET]

"On Tuesday they will deliver the last of their findings -- the location of ground-zero for the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch borne of humanity's outsized impact on the planet. "

QV please:

The Anthropocene Epoch is an unofficial unit of geologic time,

SOURCE

Welcome To The Anthropocene, Earth's New Chapter

No thanks.

Why am I being welcomed to an UNOFFICIAL unit of geologic time?

 

[AV1611VET]

Kali Yuga, in Hinduism, is the fourth and worst of the four yugas in a Yuga Cycle …

It is believed to be the present age, which is full of conflict and sin. Wikipedia

Full of conflict and sin?

Looks like Kali Yuga is catching up to the Bible.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Full of conflict and sin?

The dark Age is naturally dark

 

[AV1611VET]

The dark Age is naturally dark

It's past too.

Long gone.

 

[JohnEmmett]

It's past too.

Long gone.

Not according to this time cycle

 

[AV1611VET]

Not according to this time cycle

Maybe their clock is stuck on busted?

 

[JohnEmmett]

Maybe their clock is stuck on busted?

Why disrespect the truth

 

[Ophiolite]

All classifications are artificial, designed to facilitate understanding and discussion. Therefore if this new classification is functionally successful the Athropocene becomes "real". If not, it will be abandoned. Personally, I think the Holocene meets our current needs just fine.

 

[Astrid]

"On Tuesday they will deliver the last of their findings -- the location of ground-zero for the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch borne of humanity's outsized impact on the planet. "

Welcome To The Anthropocene, Earth's New Chapter

Come to China and remove all doubt.

 

[public hermit]

Whatever the case, the fact this is a discussion is just more evidence that humans suck.

 

[JohnEmmett]

humans suck.

compared to what…

 

[public hermit]

compared to what…

Compared to the natural order of creation that doesn't turn from what's good because it's not what one desires. Human mess up everything they get their hands in. We choose wrongly, and we're a blight on God's creation.

 

[JohnEmmett]

We choose wrongly,

Atheists have no option to avoid the lower realms


Don’t you think that’s poetic

 

[public hermit]

Atheists have no option to avoid the lower realms


Don’t you think that’s poetic

From what I can tell, fundamentalist Christians are a greater threat to creation by virtue of their denial of empirical data.

 

[JohnEmmett]

From what I can tell, fundamentalist Christians are a greater threat to creation by virtue of their denial of empirical data.

God is not threatened…

 

[public hermit]

By fundamentalist Christians? No, God's not; your absolutely right.

 

[AV1611VET]

From what I can tell, fundamentalist Christians are a greater threat to creation by virtue of their denial of empirical data.

We have the same data you do.

 

[public hermit]

We have the same data you do.

Is that right? How old is the earth, and how do you calculate that figure?