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The Anthropocentric-Universe Argument: gy = c What does it mean?

I've just finished reading The Godwhale by TJ Bass and in the final pages he refers to this equation: gy = c. He argues that earth's gravity acceleration in metres per second per second x earth year in seconds = light speed.

9.78 m/sec2 times 3.065 x 107 sec = 2.9979 x 108 m/sec

Now I have no idea what that means, if anything. I certainly don't buy that it is some Creator's signature, or as Bass also seems to argue, an indicator of habitable planets. Is it just a curious mathematical coincidence?
gpt
An acceleration at Earth's gravity for one year is approximately the speed of light (to within about 3%), under Newtonian mechanics. However, the calculation you quoted the numbers are shrunk slightly to make it match up better: a year is longer than that (it's obvious that 365 x 24 x 3600 is bigger than what's quoted) and gravity is a tad stronger than that. Also, because of relativistic effects it would be about 78% of light speed after a year, which doesn't sound as impressive.