Perhaps willfully, it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more immediate future.

不过很有意思是推测一万年后事物往往比推测明天要发生什么容易得多。

With AGI, something like this could happen again, but on a shorter timescale.

AGI出现使得类似事情可能会再次发生，但变化所需间会更短。

On a geological timescale, life appeared very quickly.

在地质间尺度上，生命出现得非常快。

But songs can reveal how two populations interact on a much faster timescale.

但歌声能揭示两个种群在更短间内如何进行互动。

It shows you connectivity potentially on yearly timescales, which is what genetics information doesn't.

“这展示了每年潜在联系间表，这是基因信息无法做到。”

It gives you a kind of timescale to follow through.

它给了你一种完成工作表。

It swings wildly, increasing and decreasing its rate by huge amounts on very short timescales.

它剧烈地波动，在极短间尺度上大幅度地增加或减少它速率。

Let me give you a sense of the timescale at work here.

让我来对所涉及 间标度做一下说明。

These familiar timescales mark the passing of our lives.

这些我们熟悉间尺度标志了我们过去。

Timescales in the cosmos seem so unimaginably vast, it's almost impossible to relate to them.

宇宙里间尺度非常大，几乎没有任何东西能之相提并论。

Life below freezing also operates on a different timescale, which puts our human lifespans into perspective.

冰层以下生命也在不同间尺度上运行，这让我们从不同角度看待人类寿命。

Two years is the timescale he set himself to, in his words, 'put France back on its feet'.

用他话来说，他给自己设定期限是两年，要在两年内“将法国站稳脚步”。

This sounds slow, but on geological timescales it is a titanic struggle over who gets to stay on the surface.

这听起来很慢，但在地质间尺度上，这是场巨大斗争，决定着谁能留在地表上。

ESA noted communication and navigation systems built for the moon will perform much better if they use " the same timescale."

欧洲航天局指出，如果为月球建造通信和导航系统使用“相同间尺度”，它们性能会好得多。

It needs to promise things on the time on a realistic timescale.

它需要在现实间尺度上按承诺事情。

And the timescale of about 20 years is realistic.

大约 20 年间跨度是现实。

That's a long time for humanity but negligible in relation to planetary and galactic  timescales.

这对人类来说是一段很长间，但行星和银河系间尺度相比可以忽略不计。

Ice sheets are immense, powerful machines that operate on long timescales.

冰原是巨大而强大机器， 可以长间运行。

On geological timescales, even the sturdiest  things lose their durability.

在地质间尺度上，即使是最坚固东西也会失去其耐久性。

The effects of mescaline can vary greatly depending on the individual and the timescale.

间范围迷幻剂迷幻剂影响因人而异，并且取决于间范围。