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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8608137" data-attributes="member: 23751">This is another Red Herring.&nbsp; It's a complete distraction argument since there is no rounding going on..................................at all.29 seconds is about 30 seconds.&nbsp; 1 minute is about 1 minute, not about 30 seconds.&nbsp; No.&nbsp; 6 seconds still isn't about 30 seconds.&nbsp; You've just rounded up to 30 seconds for some strange reason.&nbsp; That doesn't make time work differently.&nbsp; 6 seconds will never be about 30 seconds no matter what you do or how you try to twist time.&nbsp; You can argue that 6 seconds and 30 seconds are essentially the same when looking at million year scale, but that still doesn't make 6 seconds &quot;about&quot; 30 seconds.Of course they have.&nbsp; And every time they were wrong about their estimate.&nbsp; 10 seconds doesn't become &quot;about&quot; a minute just because someone incorrectly estimated how long something will take.&quot;about&quot; means very close to.&nbsp; You are estimating to a very close degree.&nbsp; It's common English. That's how the term is used.&nbsp; It's not used to mean something that isn't close.&nbsp; A minute is not close to 30 seconds.&nbsp; It's close to a minute.&nbsp; 6 seconds is not close to 30 seconds.&nbsp; It's close to 5 and 7 seconds.&nbsp; Maaaaaybe you can stretch it to being close to 4 and 8 seconds, but at that point 8 seconds is just as close to 10 seconds.&nbsp; 9 seconds is definitely about 10 seconds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8608137, member: 23751"] This is another Red Herring. It's a complete distraction argument since there is no rounding going on..................................at all. 29 seconds is about 30 seconds. 1 minute is about 1 minute, not about 30 seconds. No. 6 seconds still isn't about 30 seconds. You've just rounded up to 30 seconds for some strange reason. That doesn't make time work differently. 6 seconds will never be about 30 seconds no matter what you do or how you try to twist time. You can argue that 6 seconds and 30 seconds are essentially the same when looking at million year scale, but that still doesn't make 6 seconds "about" 30 seconds. Of course they have. And every time they were wrong about their estimate. 10 seconds doesn't become "about" a minute just because someone incorrectly estimated how long something will take. "about" means very close to. You are estimating to a very close degree. It's common English. That's how the term is used. It's not used to mean something that isn't close. A minute is not close to 30 seconds. It's close to a minute. 6 seconds is not close to 30 seconds. It's close to 5 and 7 seconds. Maaaaaybe you can stretch it to being close to 4 and 8 seconds, but at that point 8 seconds is just as close to 10 seconds. 9 seconds is definitely about 10 seconds. [/QUOTE]

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