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		thaumasiotes on March 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Venus could have been habitable for billions of ye... > So when it says Venus was hospitable for billions of years, let’s say 2 billion years, that amounts already to 14% of all there was and will ever be. Huh? You're saying the universe is about to end?

brnt on March 24, 2021 [–]

I guess he meant that Venus' habitable days will never return.

thaumasiotes on March 24, 2021 | [–]

That would be 14% of all there ever has been.

In order for it to also be 14% of all there ever will be, the future would need to have zero duration.

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