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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

It’s become a common complaint–almost a joke–that time seems to whiz by faster and faster as we get older.

Of course, aging doesn’t grant us the power to disrupt the space-time continuum, so it’s not a real problem. But why do we perceive it to be?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We were talking about this the other day.

At school our longest term was 9 weeks which seemed like an age, now years seem to fly by.

Maybe it's because at school we didn't plan and try scope out the future as much as we do as adults.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Because when you're 10, a year is a 10th of your life, and when you're 40, its a 40th. Einstein wasn't wrong.

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By *horltzMan
over a year ago

heysham

I dread to think how quick a year flies by when I'm 80 ish (if I get their that is )

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It seems to go faster as it about how much of our life the time period is

As in at age 10 a year was a tenth of our life so proportionally is quite a lot

Get to 40 and a year is a fortieth of our life and proportionally is so much smaller ...

Not explaining very well

My Dad explained it better

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Because when you're 10, a year is a 10th of your life, and when you're 40, its a 40th. Einstein wasn't wrong."

You typed it so much quicker than me

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By *horltzMan
over a year ago

heysham


"It seems to go faster as it about how much of our life the time period is

As in at age 10 a year was a tenth of our life so proportionally is quite a lot

Get to 40 and a year is a fortieth of our life and proportionally is so much smaller ...

Not explaining very well

My Dad explained it better "

Or you could read the post above

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It’s become a common complaint–almost a joke–that time seems to whiz by faster and faster as we get older.

Of course, aging doesn’t grant us the power to disrupt the space-time continuum, so it’s not a real problem. But why do we perceive it to be?"

I think it is our perception. When the world is relatively new and unexplored to us, we spend time examining it in detail. As we get older, one hour can be pretty much the same as the last.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Because when you're 10, a year is a 10th of your life, and when you're 40, its a 40th. Einstein wasn't wrong."

Aye this....explained a lot better than I could've explunked it!

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

It slows when you have to be somewhere and the bus is late. Or when you have a special meet arranged...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Because when you're 10, a year is a 10th of your life, and when you're 40, its a 40th. Einstein wasn't wrong."

Surely this suggests the opposite? As the same period of time covers less and less of your life it would give the impression of time slowing down. 1 year at 10 = 10th of your life, whilst 1 year at 40 = 40th of your life. This describes temporal expansion

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"Because when you're 10, a year is a 10th of your life, and when you're 40, its a 40th. Einstein wasn't wrong.

Surely this suggests the opposite? As the same period of time covers less and less of your life it would give the impression of time slowing down. 1 year at 10 = 10th of your life, whilst 1 year at 40 = 40th of your life. This describes temporal expansion "

A tenth of a bag of M&Ms is larger than a 40th of a bag of M&Ms.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Because when you're 10, a year is a 10th of your life, and when you're 40, its a 40th. Einstein wasn't wrong.

You typed it so much quicker than me "

That's because lusty's older Einstein

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By *ickawitchCouple
over a year ago

Away with the fairies (Liverpool to you)

When you are having a rubbish morning and clock watching.....waiting for lunchtime....those ten minutes from 12.20 to 12.30 take at least a half hour

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Because when you're 10, a year is a 10th of your life, and when you're 40, its a 40th. Einstein wasn't wrong.

Surely this suggests the opposite? As the same period of time covers less and less of your life it would give the impression of time slowing down. 1 year at 10 = 10th of your life, whilst 1 year at 40 = 40th of your life. This describes temporal expansion

A tenth of a bag of M&Ms is larger than a 40th of a bag of M&Ms."

Ah but a 10th of a 10gram bag of M&M's is the same as a 40th of a 40gram bag of M&M's... which is what's going on in this instance

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

recently started a new job that involves 12 hr shifts - times dragging when im in work atm

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

If you're involved in a traumatic event time or your perception of it seems to slow down, my brother describes being thrown up in the air when a car hit his motorbike as happening in slow motion, he had time to notice small details. While a really enjoyable event goes past in a flash. I think it's down to our perception.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"Because when you're 10, a year is a 10th of your life, and when you're 40, its a 40th. Einstein wasn't wrong.

Surely this suggests the opposite? As the same period of time covers less and less of your life it would give the impression of time slowing down. 1 year at 10 = 10th of your life, whilst 1 year at 40 = 40th of your life. This describes temporal expansion

A tenth of a bag of M&Ms is larger than a 40th of a bag of M&Ms.

Ah but a 10th of a 10gram bag of M&M's is the same as a 40th of a 40gram bag of M&M's... which is what's going on in this instance "

Ah, but we never think we're as old as we are.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Only on a Tuesday for some strange reason

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Because when you're 10, a year is a 10th of your life, and when you're 40, its a 40th. Einstein wasn't wrong.

Surely this suggests the opposite? As the same period of time covers less and less of your life it would give the impression of time slowing down. 1 year at 10 = 10th of your life, whilst 1 year at 40 = 40th of your life. This describes temporal expansion

A tenth of a bag of M&Ms is larger than a 40th of a bag of M&Ms.

Ah but a 10th of a 10gram bag of M&M's is the same as a 40th of a 40gram bag of M&M's... which is what's going on in this instance

Ah, but we never think we're as old as we are. "

Precisely... so take the ratio of your life out of your equation, as we're never really aware of time in relation to the length of our life, and instead of 10th and 40th you get... 1 year

1 year for a 10 year old feels like 1 year whilst 1 year for a 40 year old feels like 1 year

Now if you compared an animal that only lives 10 years but has the same number of heart beats as an animal that lives 40 years then you'd be right. This is because the shorter living animal is actually experiencing the passage of time going faster and thus 1 year to it is a longer period than the slower living animal.

Without that time dilation the 10th 40th argument is nonsense. I'm not picking on you... I'm just saying the logic of the argument doesn't hold up. I'm sure it's not your argument as others have also voiced it... but whoever thought it up... well I think they got it wrong

Imagine watching the 10th minute of a 10 minute film... now imagine watching the 1,000th minute of a 1,000 minute film. It might seem like the same period of time is worth less... but actually you're still needing to traverse the same length of time... except you've had to sit through 999 minutes already... so you're probably feeling like time is slowing down...thinking "when the fuck is this stupidly long film gonna end?"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There so much to do as you get older. ..work...family...kids...relax time...domestic chores...home...shopping...internet..Mobile contacts...hobbies...worries...holidays. ..and thinking time and procrastinating time. Get up early. ..bed late and still can't fit it all in. !!!! A day is not a long time...a week flies by...and so on.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Time pressure and stress increase the perception of time passing more quickly imo.

Also, as we age, our faculties may decline, so were like a PC running Windows 95 that's accumulated a lot of viruses, malware and declining components but with a fuller hard drive. Not saying we're all damaged goods...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just incase what I wrote last night didn't make sense... here's a clearer version...

Q: Why does each mile seem to be shorter the further you walk?

A: Because a mile walked in the first three miles is a tediously long 3rd of the journey... whilst a mile walked after 40 miles is but a mere skip of a 40th of the journey

It's nonsense

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