Not silly, human psychology I think. I remember reading a thing a while back where appearance of response feels faster even when slower. You can try this yourse

Not silly, human psychology I think. I remember reading a thing a while back where appearance of response feels faster even when slower. You can try this yourself in your favorite language by having an app with three buttons: - first button waits 9 seconds and then displays "done" - second button updates a progress bar once a second for 10 seconds then displays "done" - third button updates the progress bar once every 100ms for 10 seconds then displays "done" See which one feels fastest