The "I Won't Press the 500 Million Year Button" Group
2014-06-07 14:38 (10 years ago)
ytyng
The explanation of the 500-million-year button can be found here
What is the 500-Million-Year Button (Go-Oku-Nen-Button)? [Dictionary Article] - Nico Nico Encyclopedia
It seems that every now and then, I hear about the 500-million-year button again. Personally, I'm in the "don't press" camp.
When someone presses it, they will spend the vast majority (99.999984%) of their life in solitude with nothing around, making that experience the main part of their life.
I visualized this in a graph.
Is it worth choosing 500 million years of solitude just to gain a brief 60 years of fleeting happiness in the end? My conclusion is, "No."
Although there is a condition that guarantees the memory will be erased and the person will return safely, making pressing the button essentially "100 million yen with no risk," the scale is so vast and the premise so beyond modern science that it becomes difficult to measure with common sense. I think that's where the intrigue of this story lies.
There is no definitive answer to this question. However, this "500-million-year button" is one of my favorite topics because it brings a philosophical debate to a theme close to daily life.
Lastly, let's talk about a simple ratio...
For someone who has lived 500,000,080 years, 50 years would correspond to 4.2 minutes for someone who lives 80 years.
(50 / 500000080) * 80 * 365.24 * 24 * 60
I don't mean to imply that the 50 years after 500 million years would be felt as 4.2 minutes to us.
The memory will be erased after all.
I just thought it might help to measure such a vast scale like 500 million years.
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