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I think time speeds up as we grow older because we constantly and subconsciously make predictions. If we subjectively measure time by the flow of unexpected eve
by jmugan 5y ago
I think time speeds up as we grow older because we constantly and subconsciously make predictions. If we subjectively measure time by the flow of unexpected events, as we age, fewer of our predictions are wrong, so there are fewer such events, which speeds up time. New experiences and places slow it down again.
- jmugan 5y agoThis theory says that encoding the new information is what slows time down. That could be it as well, or both. There might be experiments one could do to tell the two apart. https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2010/02/01/122322542/why-does-time-fly-by-as-you-get-older https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2010/02/01/122322542/w...