Originally posted by FMF This doesn't ring true for me. When I am ultra busy with certain kinds of work, time often seems to pass very slowly. I can find myself deeply absorbed by something starting at 5.30 am and then look at the clock after what feels like ages and ages and see that it's only 9 am. And the day might continue like that. Being busy for me can sometimes slow the passage of time quite considerably.
We were talking about normal people, not you.
The deciding factor is "number of tasks", not "level of absorption".
Originally posted by FMF There's no way of either women or men knowing whether this is so ~ at least not those who have remained the same gender their whole lives long.
Well, as you are so fond of thought experiments, I'd think you would have figured it out by now, too.
If more tasks shortens our perceptions of the speed of the passage of time, then clearly time passes more quickly for women.
Originally posted by Suzianne We were talking about normal people, not you.
The deciding factor is "number of tasks", not "level of absorption".
Some people find time passes more quickly when they are busy but it's not always so for me. If I have a lot of different tasks in a day, it usually makes the day feel long.
Originally posted by Suzianne If more tasks shortens our perceptions of the speed of the passage of time, then clearly time passes more quickly for women.
Originally posted by Suzianne Yes, this is true too. Even though I'm only 38 (soon 39) (yes, I understand much of RHP is older than this), I've felt this perception change as well. Although our summer vacations when I was 10 were 12 weeks, not 6, and yes, it did seem to last forever.
Originally posted by Suzianne Yes, this is true too. Even though I'm only 38 (soon 39) (yes, I understand much of RHP is older than this), I've felt this perception change as well. Although our summer vacations when I was 10 were 12 weeks, not 6, and yes, it did seem to last forever.
Are we talking years or dress sizes here. I haven't kept up with the conversation. Hope I didn't put my foot in it there.
Originally posted by lemondrop "An hour sitting with a pretty girl on park bench passes like a minute, but a minute sitting on a hot stove seems like an hour." Albert Einstien
our perception of time is altered by our experiences within time...
pretty girl/horny man, time appears to move quickly...
sensitive butt/hot surface, again, time appears to move quickly...
watching paint dry/grass growing, time appears to move slowly...
spend two weeks in jail...
emerge ten years older...
Originally posted by rookie54 our perception of time is altered by our experiences within time...
pretty girl/horny man, time appears to move quickly...
sensitive butt/hot surface, again, time appears to move quickly...
watching paint dry/grass growing, time appears to move slowly...
spend two weeks in jail...
emerge ten years older...
The pace of change in life
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