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That's an interesting theory on why time accelerates as people get older. If one's sense of time is the rate at which new patterns are formed, if that rate decl
by biot 11y ago
That's an interesting theory on why time accelerates as people get older. If one's sense of time is the rate at which new patterns are formed, if that rate declines to 25% then 2 years will pass by and it will only feel like 6 months.
I'm reminded of that quote from Dune: "I'll miss the sea. But a man needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something sleeps inside of us and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken."
- digi_owl 11y agoIt basically came to me while trying to introspect on why i could remember something from 20 years ago with clarity, but could not remember much about the past week with any certainly. Because as i thought about it, the days seemed to overlap as i had done much the same in each of them.