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.§.§.§§.§.            the sick shit about           .§.§.§.§.§
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.§.§..§.§.               § our world §              .§.§.§.§.§
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.§.§.§§.§. is that it's pretty young  as worlds go, .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§..§.§. there must  have  been countless  worlds .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§.§§.§. here before ours,  on  this  earth,  and .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§..§.§.             what about this:             .§.§.§.§.§
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.§.§..§.§. if  i am a  cat,  twenty  years of  age, .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§.§§.§. i've  lived almost  two percent  of  the .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§..§.§.           time since zero bce            .§.§.§.§.§
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.§.§..§.§. things  are recent. humanity is  recent. .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§.§§.§. it  was not, geologically speaking, such .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§..§.§. a  very long  time  since they  invented .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§.§§.§.                 the wheel                .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§..§.§.                    and                   .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§.§§.§. i like  the  wheel  just as  much as the .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§..§.§. next  person  but what  about the earth? .§.§.§.§.§
.§.§.§§.§. the  original  marble.  the  loose   orb .§.§.§.§.§
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