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But why does it show that we are insignificant?
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Because the graph at the top of the page shows the events from after the big bang, where novelty takes a huge hit (there are also 4-5 other big novelty-changing events of a similar size to those of the big-bang (which must have been pretty novel on anyone's scale) - our history on the graph is the last 5mm on the right-hand side of the top graph.
It's only when it's really zoomed in do you get to see the events you are talking about in history - and I mean REALLY zoomed in.
So, given this massive amount of magnification, and the sense of scale you see with the other novelty changing events after the big-bang (which are SO massive, I'd really like to know how and what they relate to) - in comparison to these huge changes, the ups and downs that relate to the part of history that we've been around in don't seem to add up to much at all.
Finally, considering the huge magnification needed to see the events relating to human history, and the fact that the TimeWave supposedly reflects a universal level of 'novelty', then what of the alien races we are going to meet, where are the bumps and spikes from their history? Are they super-imposed on the same TimeWave, one would expect so - if that is the case, then how do we know that the spike that represents Ghandi, or Oprah doesn't actually stand for N'gghanault Zpra'kkha, the great Frangapillian Oracle from Orangijuice IV? Or do aliens not HAVE any history?
Seriously, this is so much nonsense.