> More important, most (likely all) of us will never experience a century year that isn’t a leap year.
Hold on there! …well, no, I’m not talking about myself here, or likely anyone reading this comment (which will disappear into oblivion and likely never be read again after a week). But if a high school math teacher starts referencing this post as a regular moment in their curriculum (“let’s start off class with a riddle about calendars…”) and keeps teaching for several more years, it will likely be read by people who are currently under 10, and have a totally fair chance of making it across the finish line of 2100.
Well, that is, unless Dr. Drang places “likely” odds on total human extinction pre-2100, which would definitely freak me out.
Unrelated to leap years: my kids can be expected to live through the year 2100 and I think that's just wild! I was born in the eighties, grandparents in or just after the first world war; always felt everyone I know are very 20th century-ish! Not only are we now solidly in the 21st century, thinking that my kids will experience the 22nd century boggles my mind.
A middling possibility exists, that we see a significant reduction in life expectancy between now and then. It's a dreary outlook, but sub-apocalyptic.
Hold on there! …well, no, I’m not talking about myself here, or likely anyone reading this comment (which will disappear into oblivion and likely never be read again after a week). But if a high school math teacher starts referencing this post as a regular moment in their curriculum (“let’s start off class with a riddle about calendars…”) and keeps teaching for several more years, it will likely be read by people who are currently under 10, and have a totally fair chance of making it across the finish line of 2100.
Well, that is, unless Dr. Drang places “likely” odds on total human extinction pre-2100, which would definitely freak me out.