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> Professor Moser says the study shows that by changing the activities you engage in, the content of your experience, you can actually change the course of the
by grecy 8y ago
> Professor Moser says the study shows that by changing the activities you engage in, the content of your experience, you can actually change the course of the time-signal in LEC and thus the way you perceive time.
Huh, After a year driving through West Africa I had come to this same conclusion, and am writing about it now for my next book.
I liken it to how video compression works - your brain doesn't bother storing every single event, only those it hasn't seen before.
Bored sitting at your desk at 2pm on Tuesday? Done that before, don't bother remembering.
Stuck in traffic? Done that before, don't both remembering
In those scenarios time tends to "fly" becuase you don't remember much.
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Watch a guy catch, skin and eat a money? WOAH! Never had that memory before. Remember.
Get Malaria? Remember
Chat to military with AK47s trying to bribe me in Nigeria? Remember.
Now time goes slower, and that one year in West Africa feels longer than the 4 years of sitting at a desk job that came before it.
- wilsonfiifi 8y agoCurious as to why the Nigerian soldiers would want to bribe you. Do you mean they tried to get you to offer them a bribe?
- grecy 8y agoRight, they were trying to get money out of me. Here's a hidden cam video of it happening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RTlDa2cg0o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RTlDa2cg0o In countries like Guinea in happened every single day. I never paid.