profesh_amateur t1_jaelc32 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:42 PM Reply to comment by mercifulcrocodile in TIL that +/- 42k years ago, the “Adam’s Event”, a reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles, may have led to the extinction of mega fauna, Neanderthals, and forced humans into caves as the earth experienced intense periods of cosmic radiation, solar winds, electrical storms, and drastic climate change. by GonzoVeritas That's the typical usage of +/-. I've never seen it used as "approximately". Instead, I'd use "~", eg "~45k years ago". +/- as used in the title was pretty confusing to me Permalink Parent 60
profesh_amateur t1_jaelc32 wrote
Reply to comment by mercifulcrocodile in TIL that +/- 42k years ago, the “Adam’s Event”, a reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles, may have led to the extinction of mega fauna, Neanderthals, and forced humans into caves as the earth experienced intense periods of cosmic radiation, solar winds, electrical storms, and drastic climate change. by GonzoVeritas
That's the typical usage of +/-. I've never seen it used as "approximately". Instead, I'd use "~", eg "~45k years ago".
+/- as used in the title was pretty confusing to me