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24/ (or, rather the atoms that later created modern Europe) were created by the collapse of the Roman empire and the fact that it was overrun by the Germanic tribes, thus fusing the democratic principles of the tribes with the bureaucratic norms of Rome. (Tangential: I learned
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25/ yesterday, during a wiki wander, that the last meeting of the Roman senate met in 603 AD, even tho the last emperor had been deposed over a century earlier
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26/ but back to the analogy: I think that the crash of the Cathedral is going to fuse into existence crazy new elements. Exciting times. If I'm right (and I make no claims) then the steady acceleration of the rhetorical fuel depletion means we'll all see this in our lifetimes
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27/ http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~ryden/ast162_4/notes15.html … For instance, consider the stages in the life of a 25 Msun star: Hydrogen fusion lasts 7 million years Helium fusion lasts 500,000 years Carbon fusion lasts 600 years Neon fusion lasts 1 year Oxygen fusion lasts 6 months Silicon fusion lasts 1 day
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