it's not the best theory ever but here goes. you know how when people are short of time they usually say "where's all the time going?" or something along those lines, well maybe it doesn't actually go anywhere - it stays in our heads, but we can't remember every single second coz of not enough detail, or just not remembering anything specific.
what do you think of my theory?
2007-03-28 04:51:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The world expends a lot of money making and buying clocks of various accuracy because we humans do not experience the passage of time objectively. Your theory is really an observation of this fact. Time passes whether or not anyone is there to observe it. Your perception of an interval may not be the same as my perception of the same interval, especially if our interests are different. I might be bored and perceive a long interval; you might be excited and perceive a short interval. But it is the same interval, as measured by a clock.
2007-03-28 05:13:54 · answer #1 · answered by hevans1944 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is an extreme, often dysfunctional, condition where a person is unable to focus on anything very long. Thus, an ADD person chronically loses time and finds it extremely difficult (if not impossible) to get ready for and make appointments because time just flies by. They are continually losing track of time. The good news is that, in many if not most cases, ADD can be overcome through therapy and medicines.
Everyone has a bit of ADD now and then...especially if we are trying to multitask or are under stress. Anyway, my point is this...your theory has been done before, but you are correct.
2007-03-28 05:29:54 · answer #2 · answered by oldprof 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice theory but time passes so it has to go somewhere, time does not stand still. My theory is the future will never arrive because we are always in the present.
2007-03-28 05:02:18 · answer #3 · answered by psychoticgenius 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just that our minds are preoccupied by so many infrastructures that we cannot concentrate on the abstract metaphorical concept of time. But yes I agree with your theory. 100% correct.
2007-03-28 04:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by Harry K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
but if a man is in a hurry: then he will be using all the time he has: to do the things he has to so he's not fogettin the seconds: its that the time is speeding up: beacuse: he is usin all the time to do the things that he has to.
so.. the time is not of remember: we are remebering it as we are using the time to do things and we are opicupyed and time is being used.
2007-03-28 05:04:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a nice theory, but what does this have to do with physics? Your problem is in the realm of psychology, and so is your theory.
2007-03-28 05:00:01 · answer #6 · answered by Zachi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good theory but the facts are that the time thief comes and steals it when you are too busy to notice him.
2007-03-28 04:55:13 · answer #7 · answered by Robin the Electrocuted 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
time travels faster depending on how much of a hurry you are in. time travels inevitably forewards. alas. if time stayed in our heads there would have been none before us i 'm afraid your head theory doesnt hold water
2007-03-28 05:09:05 · answer #8 · answered by byrdland5d@btopenworld.com 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well actaully part of that seems quiet right i totally agree
2007-03-28 04:54:48 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Does anybody really know what time it is ...does anybody really care about time" (Stnyx?)
2007-03-28 05:04:15 · answer #10 · answered by impromptu_57 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋