An Older, Larger Universe

Josh Fink writes "Space.com has a very interesting article as part their weekly mystery Monday series about a new calculation that shows that the Universe is actually much older than than the 14.3 billion years old that was established in 2003. From the article, "...the universe is instead about 15.8 billion years old and about 180 billion light-years wide." The calculations were based off of a recalculation of the Hubble Constant which dictates how fast the universe is expanding, and they found it is actually 15% slower than previously thought. The findings will be printed in an upcoming edition of Astrophysical Journal."

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I cringe at "off of"

[M0b1u5]

I can't help it. Every time I see it written, or heard it said: "off of", as in:

calculations were based off of a recalculation

I just cringe. To me it says "I'm an idiot".

Coincidentally, it's only Americans who say this ugly twaddle.

Nothing is based off of anything, ever.

Things are "based on".

Bloody hell, how you base something OFF? You base a house OFF a foundation? Shit yeah, I'd love to see you try! Your house is BASED ON its foundation.

Dear Sweet Baby Jebus.