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So, I woke up today around 8:30. I slept in Timbo's room last night and Dustin slept in the guest room. All of my stuff was in the guest room, so when I went in there I was surprised to see that Dustin was awake. Apparently he came down with some sort of bug over the night and was feeling pretty miserable. So I ran down to the store and got him some Sprite. Then I went down to where Timbo was watching some TV, got some cereal, and joined him. We were watching a show called "Cash Cab," where people take a taxi that just happens to be hosting a game show. What happens is the taxi driver asks the people questions as he takes them to their destination, earning money as they get questions correct. If you miss three questions, you have to walk the rest of the way. But if you answer correctly, you get to keep whatever money you won (usually a few hundred dollars). It was pretty interesting. Between Dustin, Timbo, and myself we actually knew most of the answers. It was pretty entertaining.
Then I took a shower. I felt much better afterwards.
When I got back, there was a special on the history channel about "surviving the apocalypse" or something. It was really good. It was basically a show about what would happen if some disease killed most of the population. Knowing my love of zombie-lore, Dustin and Timbo both figured I'd like it. Which I did. They definitely brought in some points I had never considered. Like the fact that if the infection is passed through fluid exchange, you could touch the skin of someone with the disease (or a dead person) without getting sick. Anyhow, the show was really cool because the interviewed a lot of experts in different areas (sociology professors, city officials, camping/outdoor survival instructors, etc) to explain what would happen from their perspective. It was pretty cool.
After that, we watched part of another special on what would happen if an asteroid hit the earth. We got into a discussion about the earth how old it is and everything. Dustin made a comment about how he doesn't understand why people would believe that the earth is only a few thousand years old simply because a book says so, when science indicates that it is much older. So I explained two things. 1: if you believe that there is a God, then it's not a huge step to imagine that he could create the earth whenever he wanted to in whatever form was convenient. 2: No one can prove anything about ancient history. We can speculate until we're blue in the face, but we can't prove anything. Scientific evidence can suggest a certain idea, but there is no way to know what actually happened... say 7000 years ago. We might have some very educated guesses, but that's all. And related to that is confirmation bias. If you believe that the earth is millions of years old, then any evidence you see will confirm this idea (an asteroid collision would fit well with visible craters and the extinction of animals. But if you believe that the earth is younger and/or that the biblical account is (reasonably) accurate and that there was a large flood* then you are more inclined to see evidence in that light.
*So I just had a thought. In many cultures there are stories of large flood that ravaged civilization. In the thing I watched earlier today, they made it very clear that if an asteroid or some celestial body hit the ocean, it would send water into the sky that would eventually fall down like rain and there would be massive tsunamis. What if these are the same? I have done exactly 0 research on the topic (about the same amount of research that I feel supporters of Pangea have done... but that's another story), but what if there was a literal asteroid storm that just decimated the earth for 40 days and 40 nights? Just a thought.
Eventually when Dustin was feeling a little better we came back to Muncie. When I got back to my apartment I unpacked, then made some dinner. Tonight was leftovers and sauteed "I have old vegetables!" They were both edible. Then I just... relaxed. It was nice.
Clifton got back early evening, so we talked for a bit, then he had a friend over. And now... I'm tired. So I'm going to bed. Night!
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