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”.
How can it take both seconds, and years, at the same time?
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”.