I Bloody Knew IT!!! Time Is Subjective  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 07, 2012, 10:34:34 pm
content: Time Is Subjectivei bloody knew itResearch is now showing that time IS a subjective thing. For example, there is the often held notion that time passes faster as you grow older. Scientific experiments actually seem to be showing that hypothesis to be partially true, in part due to declining dopamine levels in certain regions of the brain.Time perception: does it distinguish ADHD and RD children in a clinical sample?http://www.chronos.msu.ru/EREPORTS/g...subjective.pdfRitalin on Time Perception:http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/pha12157.pdfWe can't touch time, or smell it. Yet it is utterly inescapable. But, research shows, time is - at least partly - something we control in our heads.

author: ampdoctor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 07, 2012, 11:12:36 pm
content: I remember reading a while ago that world class athletes such as American football, basketball, baseball players etc., mentally process time somewhat differently than the average individual. Essentially what the study argued was that to them the world more or less functions in slow motion. This rather makes sense, since for the life of me I would never have the capacity to even see a 100+ mph fast ball let alone hit the thing!

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 07, 2012, 11:27:17 pm
content: it is only subjective to the extent of the rate our brains process information, for instance a massive shot of adrenaline during a true emergency can have average joe seeing and processing things far faster than it takes for his muscles to react,its a normal function of the brain,, your eyes, ears, etc still sense at the same interwoven rate, the brain can just process more of it per second,edit: and time is also subjective to the extent of the current understanding of the universe, the higher the velocity you go, the faster time seems to progess from your veiw point to an external observer

author: EEMarc
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 08, 2012, 12:24:50 am
content: I stumbled upon this effect when I worked at an amusement park. I worked on a roller coaster when I was just out of high school. I called it time dilation. At first, I would talk very fast when it occurred. I then overcompensated and talked slow. At one point I could consistently go into time dilation when I needed it. I haven't needed it in years so I probably would have difficulty now.I've always thought of it like overclocking from the processor's perspective. If a unit of perceived time is one clock cycle, then the perception of real time would be inversely proportional to the clock frequency. In other words, the more you overclock, the more time dilation occurs.

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 08, 2012, 01:46:43 am
content: When I listen to a recording of myself talking, I talk slower compared to anyone else. It's pretty cool. I certainly don't perceive it that slow in my mind.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 08, 2012, 03:25:09 am
content: Quote from: AntiProtonBoy on September 08, 2012, 01:46:43 amIt's a bit like talking to somebody from country New South Wales.Your brain can go & do other things in between their words!

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 08, 2012, 09:25:18 am
content: Ok... notthatslow.

author: Obi_Kwiet
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2012, 02:27:33 am
content: Perception of anything is subjective. By definition.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 09, 2012, 02:55:08 am
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on September 08, 2012, 03:25:09 amGood chance your brain was doing other things. Even goldfish have longer concentration spans.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2012, 03:58:49 am
content: Quote from: Uncle Vernon on September 09, 2012, 02:55:08 amThat's why us Sandgropers have to talk fast!

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2012, 06:10:09 am
content: time is a function of burden, the more burden you try to cope the lesser time you have. try this experiment... today do alot of things and be busy 6am to 6pm... tommorow, just sit on a quiet field from 6am to 6pm, which one took longer?

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2012, 06:54:13 am
content: the quiet feild, i think i'll have to take the week off to investigate this phenominon(kidding, but i have had days like that)

author: Time
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2012, 03:49:19 pm
content: The ritalin/time perception link seems to not be working. Can anyone provide one that does work?edit: actually both links are broken.

author: Hobgoblin612
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2012, 07:18:02 am
content: An interesting video on the topic.

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2012, 09:42:07 am
content: There was a young lady called BrightWho traveled much faster than lightShe set out one day in a relative wayand arrived home the previous night.