Ringing in the year 2000 seems like 'yesterday'. Six and a half years later already! Is this accelerated progression?
2006-08-03 12:40:49 · 35 answers · asked by Lounger 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
This is the effect of 'subjective' (perceived) time as opposed to 'objective' (measured) time.
There are still some paradoxes involved. Certainly as you age time speeds by in proportion, though I suspect the fraction of life-experience theory is just that, a theory. How would that account for the fact that no matter how old you get, if you're bored with nothing to do the minutes and hours crawl by, while the years still run away?
2006-08-05 15:05:02 · answer #1 · answered by narkypoon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is a concept. and as a concept it has many interpretations. Scientifically it is a very relative thing. It can both speed up and slow down depending whether you are a "traveler" or an "observer". Time is also arbitrary and perceived. Most of the answers you got so far tell you exactly that. The older you get the faster it is perceived to pass. There are reasons for this but i will not bore you with tedious psychology and perception. So the answer to your question is both YES and NO
2006-08-10 19:29:06 · answer #2 · answered by The Stainless Steel Rat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is actually elastic- so for example the 24 hours of a day is a constant but during that day some of the minutes pass faster than other minutes.However the average minute works out to be 60 seconds. Hence we have some minutes that are 40 seconds long and others that are 80 but it all works out in the end........ha... so rest assured everything is normal out there
2006-08-04 05:51:27 · answer #3 · answered by pulldeplug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I seem to recall reading an article a few months back related to this subject.
When you are young, your body is in its growing stage and your metabolism is in overdrive. That is why kids seem to never run out of energy and can eat chocolate all day without putting on a pound. (well most of them do). So from the perspective of a young person who is bouncing off the walls waiting 5 minutes for a cookie or a favorite cartoon to come on, the time seems to drag forever.
But as we get older, our bodies slow down and the metabolism gears down for the long haul. Suddenly time seems to be going by much faster.
Time hasn't really slowed down, or sped up. It is just that our frame of reference has changed.
2006-08-10 03:31:00 · answer #4 · answered by sparc77 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish they could do a scientific study about this because I've found it to be true. Does time speed up after we reach a certain age? Is time a constant for everyone or is time subjective? Is time something real, something tangible or is it something that is perceived (an illusion)? If we change or manipulate the way we think, would time slow down for us, maybe even go backwards?
Your questions only raise more questions.
2006-08-03 12:49:10 · answer #5 · answered by Optimistic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time seems to drag when we are young. It does seem to speed up once you have to start paying monthly bills. To me, it was only yesterday that I sat in a bar at five minutes to midnight with my IDs spread out for the bartender to inspect, ordering a beer "in five minutes". My first legal beer and that was 40 years ago.
2006-08-03 15:36:11 · answer #6 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that yes from one's point of view it is.
This is because the passage of time is always compared to the concept of time measured by how much experince of one has. To a child waiting for christmas is forever (because they've only had a few) but to a older person who has had decades sees a year as little compared to their lifetime so far spent.
2006-08-05 12:18:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently time perception, is related to brain function. When we are young and learning more, time appears to go slower as we are using our brains for newer challenges. As we age less and less things are new too us and time seems to go faster. Or maybe we just look forward to the weekend too much! So, the morale is to keep your brain busy with new challenges and youll live longer - or at least youll think you will.
2006-08-03 23:26:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its not actually time is slowing down last year all the atomic clocks around the world were adjusted 1 second earlier and in another 1000 years scientists will once again have to synchronize their clock for another 1 second
2006-08-11 02:05:25 · answer #9 · answered by magneto077 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes! It's that new high tech atmospheric device the government is using to control our weather. It's worst side effect (other than deadly hurricanes, tornadoes and heatwaves) is the time mutation we're expierencing. There's a price to pay when you fuk with nature.
2006-08-03 13:22:27 · answer #10 · answered by dac f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋