[Grunthor]

“How old is the world?”

Hundreds of Billions of years.

[yankeesdoodle]

"Hundreds of Billions of years."

It certainly appears that way, but there is good evidence for an old universe and also a young one. Both may be right. We live in a particular reference frame in linear time, and we have no idea what things were like at the time of creation. Dimensionally, we live in 4 dimensions, but there may indeed be 10 or more that are no longer part of this universe. If we are indeed living in 4 of 10 dimension, I suspect that our universe is running on fumes. The laws of physics may be nothing like what Adam and Eve enjoyed. Someday the universe will be repaired. I'm sure to the people living on the earth at that time, it will seem magical.

[Signalman]

How old is the world?” Hundreds of Billions of years.

That's not quite accurate. The best scientific data says that the Earth, along with the rest of the Solar System, is about 4 Billion years old.

The Dinosaurs died out about 60 million years ago. Pre-humans didn't appear on the scene until about 2 million years ago, just a short while ago in the history of the planet.

[Coyoteman]

Hundreds of Billions of years.

More like 4.5 billion.

[Smedley]

Hundreds of Billions of years.

Actually, I think the estimate is about 16-17 billion years

[null and void]

How old is the world? ~ balch3

Hundreds of Billions of years. ~ Grunthor

Quite a trick, considering the universe is only 13 billion or so years old...