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Slowing down TIME?

Have you ever noticed how much longer Summertime lasted when you were a kid ?

It even seemed as though one Summer-season (back then) lasted what is now - an “entire calendar year”. Is it because we didn’t have as many “numbers on our clocks”, so-to-speak? Is it because we were perceiving more of the World from the “outside-in”, as opposed to the “inside-out”: I.e., thinking, reading, sleeping…etc.( time does pass rapidly during these events). Does increased “synaptic” (as in internal) activity “remove’ us further from…say…”Nature’s Time”?

I’ve always pondered this assumption. Any thoughts/anecdotes?

 

I`ve always felt it had to do with the ratio between a given period of time and the length of your life to date. When you were 5 years old a single summer was so much more of your life to date that it seems like it lasted a full year. As an adult who has even a few days of rest anymore, let alone a whole summer? Where`s that life plan?


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It`s because we`re making time in China now, and it isn`t as well manufactured. True, we get it cheaper, but it doesn`t last as long.

Craig, You are too much. I love it!  I would seriously consider "standup" if I were you.    Great stuff... Manufactured in China....ohhh boy!

:-) Nah, I`d probably end up like that Richard whatsisname from Seinfeld, screaming at the hecklers.

Actually, though, Steve`s right about it being the ratio of time period to length of life. Added to that is the awareness of external events and consequences. When we`re little, we tend to live much more in the moment, savoring the minutes, extracting as much as possible from each moment. So time moves along slowly because we`re not aware of time.

As we get older, instead of savoring that moment on the beach, we`re thinking about what`ll happen when we get back from vacation, worrying about the guy who`s trying to take our job, concerned about outsourcing, mergers, and buy-outs. We`re thinking about a million other things, all of which involve time units.

We could almost develop a formula, blending the two concepts.

Suppose I`m on the beach for 6 hours (.25 of a day), and I`m 54.

So instead of enjoying the beach for a quarter of a day, I`m actually enjoying the beach for 0.00006% of the day. See? Simple.

Simple... but deep (and I mean deep in a good way ).


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Craig, What you are saying pretty much correlates with my theory/suspicion`s. I.e., Time is relative to "where" your mind is (IN or OUT -absorbing/projecting) - NO?  Regardles of whether or not you attach a Quanitative Algortihm to it ?  I`m a simpleton. My equation is a linear-subtraction: (Atomic time - Cerebral-time = perceived-time) Atomic time being the common denominator/standard for actual time (as in "carbon dating").

As a matter of fact. Einstein did`t believe in time, separate of a perceptive tool for perceivable events over distance. That would mean that  Dinosaurs existed at this very...well - Time/state.  Just alot of things having: "moved-around", "dissolved"..etc. An interesting thought.

Now I`m thinking about time theory...my day is shot!  Or is it?  Math isn`t my strongest skill!

This is a pretty good article on Time Perception

When time flies