Happy Ussher Day 6015!

This post is for Tuesday, October 23^rd, 2012; which according to the calculations of Bishop Ussher, is exactly 6015 years since the creation of the world. It is also the day before October 24^th, 2012; which according to our records, is the birthday of our two cats, Charles and Katniss. So we are the proud ownees of two Kozmik Katz.

I plan to do what I did last year and the year before that; light a candle, sing “happy birthday, dear world”, tell it to make a wish, and hold the candle in front of an open window so wind can blow it out. (But last year the wind was low, so I compromised by leaning out the window and waving the candle around until it went out.) And as for the Kozmik Katz, we’ll give them new cat toys tomorrow.

There are individual bristlecone pines provably older than 6015 years, so I don’t take Ussher’s calculations seriously. The universe is more like 13,700,000,000 years old; but the exact calendar date of the Big Bang is indefinite, due to the relativity of time-rates. Pick any day of the year, including leap-day, and the Big Bang occurred on that day in some reference frame. (Hour and minute are also adjustable; see my blog entries of October 23, 24 and 27, 2011.) So the birthday party might as well be on October 23, at any time you please.

I ask the world to make a wish for novelty’s sake; for who ever asks the world for its wishes?

By the way,  6013 = 7*859;  and   6014 = 2*31*97; and 6015  = 3*5*401, and 6016 = 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*47, and 6017 = 11*547.  Interpret this any way you wish!