Minority Opinion
'Time passes so quickly.' 'Can't believe it's Friday again already.' Lots of yea common consensus and, now, one nay minority
opinion: Noes you have wrong. Time moves at a constant speed/velocity during human history. There is an immutable single
unit of measure, one day at a time. Get a new one. Let the old one go. Life only appears to be moving too quickly when we're
out of step. It's us, moving too slowly. It's our failure to let go of those lead weighted negative yesterdays. They slow us down.
Your perspective?
Sun-tanned youth, lazing its way through a long, hot summer. All day in a big truck inner tube slowly winding down the river, to a big BBQ blowout at the end.
Summers lasted forever back then. Now, all I can say is "Good grief, it's August already? Wasn't New Years just yesterday?" This year is surely the fastest on record. It's the Quickening. A watched pot may never boil, but take your attention away for five minutes and the pot has boiled dry.
Originally posted by SuzianneSuzianne, please consider the possibility that your comment supports the minority opinion. Children at play
Sun-tanned youth, lazing its way through a long, hot summer. All day in a big truck inner tube slowly winding down the river, to a big BBQ blowout at the end.
Summers lasted forever back then. Now, all I can say is "Good grief, it's August already? Wasn't New Years just yesterday?" This year is surely the fastest on record. It's the Quickening. A w ...[text shortened]... t may never boil, but take your attention away for five minutes and the pot has boiled dry.
fill their happy days with the wonderment of discovery and delight... totally in sync with, moving even faster
than the passage of time. No inhibitions or hurtful experiences, guilt or negative weights to slow them down.
-gb
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but its sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in the relative way, but youre older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought Id something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
Its good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.
-Pink Floyd-
(who else?)
Originally posted by jb70Premise is that time moves in fixed intervals. Yes, we seem to perceive its passage differently with age. Question on the table is 'why'?
For someone who is two years old a year is 50% of their lives;for someone who is 100 years old a year is 1% of their lives. Means time seems to go faster as we get older.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyIt's all about the "busy" factor.
Premise is that time moves in fixed intervals. Yes, we seem to perceive its passage differently. Question on the table... is why?
Person A has one task to perform in a 30 minute period.
Person B has 100 tasks to perform in a 30 minute period.
Person A will feel that the time drags by.
Person B will feel incredibly rushed and fear that there won't be enough time to complete the tasks. For Person B, the time zips by.
And I'm not so sure I'm in the minority.
Poll 100 people and see how many feel there is not enough time in a day. This directly corresponds to how quickly they perceive time passing.
Survey says?
Originally posted by SuzianneI had my clocks special made, they go to 13 O'Clock😲😲, and amplifier goes to 11 which is considerably louder than 10😏
It's all about the "busy" factor.
Person A has one task to perform in a 30 minute period.
Person B has 100 tasks to perform in a 30 minute period.
Person A will feel that the time drags by.
Person B will feel incredibly rushed and fear that there won't be enough time to complete the tasks. For Person B, the time zips by.
And I'm not ...[text shortened]... day. This directly corresponds to how quickly they perceive time passing.
Survey says?
My two cents: children don't notice the passage of time as much because they aren't as aware of its measurement. It's either a school day or it isn't. It's either snowing or it's not. Maybe it's a holiday, maybe not. They don't note time unless it's pointed out to them: In one more week, you'll be five instead of four. These candles on Sundays mean that after four of them, it'll be Christmas. Every time we light one of these 8 candles, we're one day closer to the end of the holiday. We won't eat until the sun sets, but then we'll have a really big meal. Time is meaningless to a child unless you give time meaning. Adults understand what day, week, month, year mean. And (jb?) is right -- how much of it you've had to spend so far is the basis of your perception.
