Comment by IncreasePosts
1 day ago
If the years feel like they fly by, shouldn't the older group give responses of greater than 120s for the 120s timer?
I say this in threads whenever this concept comes up, but I doubt the feeling has anything to do with something intrinsic in the brain, but is just representative of the variety of novel activities you do, and for most people their novel activity seeking wanes as they get older. Giving your brain more time to go on "auto pilot" and lose track of time.
The year I spent at a desk when I was 24 feels significantly shorter than the 3 months I spent at 39 traveling in strange lands.
>greater than 120s
That’s how I thought about it as well.
If you imagine a hypothetical person with a 2 year lifespan. During the first year the perceive time 1:1. But during the 2nd year they perceive 9 years passing during 1 year.
At 50% of their lifespan they will have 90% of their total perceived experience of time remaining.
The less new activities are performed the faster time is perceived when looking back. During the events it might be the opposite and actually feel longer.
> The less new activities are performed the faster time is perceived when looking back. During the events it might be the opposite and actually feel longer.
There is another side to this: So much novelty that you have no time to consolidate memories and everything feels like it’s zooming by. I’m in that situation right now and it’s shocking to look back 1 year. It feels both like 10 years have passed and like it was yesterday.