Because the number are so ridiculously huge that there is essentially no difference between seconds and years.
More precisely, I could have said “it will take 10^10^19.999999999999999999 seconds”, and “it will take 10^10^19.99999999999999999991″ years, respectively. Both would be wrong, because that communicates a degree of precision that isn’t present.
It’s really more like “it would take between 10^10^15 and 10^10^20 seconds”, because I don’t know the exact size of the reasonable state space for human brains. If I convert to years, it’s still “it would take between 10^10^15 and 10^10^20 years”.
Because the number are so ridiculously huge that there is essentially no difference between seconds and years.
More precisely, I could have said “it will take 10^10^19.999999999999999999 seconds”, and “it will take 10^10^19.99999999999999999991″ years, respectively. Both would be wrong, because that communicates a degree of precision that isn’t present.
It’s really more like “it would take between 10^10^15 and 10^10^20 seconds”, because I don’t know the exact size of the reasonable state space for human brains. If I convert to years, it’s still “it would take between 10^10^15 and 10^10^20 years”.