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Time dilation is pretty amazing. I experienced it one time when I accidentally put the car into a a skid at 70mph. I remember calmly realising the car was movi
by jonplackett 3y ago
Time dilation is pretty amazing.
I experienced it one time when I accidentally put the car into a a skid at 70mph. I remember calmly realising the car was moving sideways. Having time to ponder that for a few moments. Then deciding to start steering into the skid. Then think about that for a while. Release the break a bit. Finally we did a full 360 and ended up in the middle of the road again.
It seemed like it took a minute or more but was probably a few seconds if that.
Brains are awesome! (My younger self driving ability, much less so)
- alasdair_ 3y agoMy understanding of time dilation is that at the time the event is actually happening, things occur at normal speed, it's just that our memory of the event is time-dilated and so we remember everything slowing down and taking a long time.