Comment by jongjong

Geology is fascinating. When geologists describe effects over long periods of time, it's like they're describing liquids, not solid matter.

It's interesting to think about the fact that on a long enough timeline, all the matter that we consider to be solid actually behaves more like liquid; bobbing up and down like a rough ocean. The continents shifting apart like two opposing currents with the plagues sliding one above another like what happens when two great currents meet... All the solid objects we interact with are like liquids frozen in time and we're actually moving through time extremely rapidly. So rapidly that we are able to temporarily shape the 'liquids' before they eventually disintegrate and melt into a puddle; as also happens to us.

Thinking about the world in this way makes everything we do seem much more complex, but at the same time, more futile, than it initially appears.