You just finish reading the Sunday Paper and pow it here again.
2006-10-24 20:23:39 · 12 answers · asked by kgrbradio 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
It is known as the relative time equation
When a person is very young-- a day is a much greater per centage of their total life experience than it is for someone older
For instance -- to a kid of three years-- a month is basically one thirty-sixth of their total life (all time--days -- hours ect are at their own set per centages accordingly)
And to a person of say-- 30 years-- a month is basically one three hundred sixtieth of their toal life
Therefore preceptions tag the references to time with regards to total life experiences and--- therefore--- as one ages they go thru the preceptions of excelerating time --- each year feeling shorter than the one before because it takes up a smaller and smaller per centage of--- their total life experience---
Hope this helps !!!
2006-10-24 20:48:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It moves slower because the experience of time has been longer. Einstein said, Sitting in a park with a pretty girl for 5 hours feels like 5 seconds. Sitting on a hot stove for 5 seconds feels like 5 hours. That's relativity.
When you experience time for so long you realize what life is really all about. You know the pain of not "living every minute like it was your last". The finish line to life is the only finish line that comes the fastest. Getting out of high school, getting your children out of diapers, getting a project finished is all looked forward to to end. Life is hardly ever looked like that. You look back on a life lived and you see so much that you have done. Compared to 60 years, 10 or less or a little more seems insignificant.
Who knew Einstein could be used to explain the later parts in life as well as make the atom bomb?
2006-10-25 03:33:09 · answer #2 · answered by X M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read somewhere that the brain records length of time in accordence with the new things we experience. when we are young a lot of the things we do are new experiences so it seems like there is a lot more going on and hence when you remember it it seems like a long time has passed. The older you are, the less likely it will be that anything you do will be a new experience. the brain will just gloss over any occurances that are repeated over and over again. So a strict routine will result in it seeming like time is moving faster.
If you did the same thing this week as you did last week then to the part of your brain that measures how much time has passed may not have any new experiences to count. Although at the time, boring and repetitive tasks seem to take ages, looking back at them from the future seems like they just flew by.
Time flies not only when you're having fun but also when you do the same thing over and over again.
2006-10-25 06:12:17 · answer #3 · answered by well_clever_i_am 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because time fly's when you are having fun.
If you were doing something which you found completely boring, or tedious between Sunday papers, then it would seem to you like it would take forever for the next Sunday to arrive.
I simply believe that when a person is not doing something they find pleasant or interesting, then they are more aware of the passage of time, and then anticipate the coming weekend which seems like it takes forever to arrive because the person is constantly aware of the hell in which they are residing.
Therefore my friend I am of the openion that you must be residing in heaven. Give yourself a pat on the back you earned it.
2006-10-25 04:50:54 · answer #4 · answered by Thoughtfull 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best analogy I heard about aging is one where you compare your life with a roll of toilet tissue. When the roll is brand new, very little is noticed as missing as sheets are unrolled. As time goes on, and more paper is rolled off the roll, the roll appears to be going faster and faster. That's how time seems to proceed as we get older...the years seem to go by faster and faster.
2006-10-25 03:33:10 · answer #5 · answered by Jolly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bcoz when we take longer hours to finish a task, we feel that time moves so fast while on the other hand, if we finish so many tasks in just a few minutes, we fell time moves so slow (it's bcoz we've finished a lot, not knowing what the time was while we're doing that certain task).. so sometimes when we do our projects and in a haste, we feel time moves fast bcoz we don't care about it while we do the project, (the main idea that occupies our mind is 'FINISH THIS PROJECT') so sometimes, we don't know that time flows persistently, regardless of the task we're doing....
2006-10-25 06:05:15 · answer #6 · answered by GeLo'14 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have more occupying our thoughts so we don't notice the passing of time as much as we used to when we were young. It just seems to fly by when we're busy doing other things.
2006-10-25 03:32:02 · answer #7 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you get older, your eyesight gets worse and worse. It takes longer to finish the paper now than when you were younger. That and you actually _read it_ now.
2006-10-25 03:26:49 · answer #8 · answered by Kevin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because we have less things to do..if we are finish in a task, we will do another one to keep us busy based on the capability of our body strength
2006-10-25 03:30:00 · answer #9 · answered by harukashin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
good question. I would love to know the answer too!
2006-10-25 03:26:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋