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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:01 PM Original message |
Why time flies |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, I am so old tha........ |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wonder if it works for species who don't know they are mortal? |
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bpcmxr (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. My dad explained this to me when I was 10... |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. I remember reading something a while ago alluding to the theory that "time" does not really exist. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. And yet all of us CHOOSE to get older and die. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yeah, this only applies to subjective human experience |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Tell that to GPS satellites that see time differently from us and have to be adjusted as a result. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. What does this theory say about the need to walk to school uphill in the snow on broken glass? (nt) |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think it might be connected not just to percent of life already lived... |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was just wondering if there were any scientific study of this phenomenon |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Google scholar gets some hits |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is descriptive rather than explanatory. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. I thought it might be more due to metabolism. |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. What is fascinating in relation to that phenomena |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's simple: Time exists so that everything doesn't happen at once. |
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cdsilv (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Time is relative. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I love to think that one day we will find a link between time in space and how we see time. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. Naw, we're just further between memorable events. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe our perceiving consciousness exists outside of spacetime..... |
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gooey (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. Does time even exist? |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
22. Tis true. |
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