While I can appreciate the comparison you are making between frat boy blackout stories and the study of cosmology, archaeology, and history, I must disagree with the sentiment that the former is on a much smaller time scale. While it is true that the scope of a typical blackout story is limited to a single night, the effects of the "chaos, collisions, and dark matter" experienced by the frat boy can have effects on him and those around him that can last much longer than one night. Therefore, the time scale of a blackout story should not be underestimated. UrRong.
