Some have reported becoming "unstuck" in time, and time then elasped on fast forward, in the blink of an eye. Is this a form of time travel? Did they simply stop paying attention to reality with their senses?
Also, does one experience a type of time travel when one imbibes alcohol? Time appears to move more quickly in those circumstances. Perhaps the mind does not perceive time quite as much during those instances (time perception may be due to the use of the senses, alcohol makes the senses fuzzy). If this is true, does time travel occur when one sleeps? The senses shut down, the room is dark, and consciousness switches off. Soon, the morning comes in a flash.
How about it? Is time actually about how one perceives with the senses? Do younger people experience time as running more slowly because their sensing apparatus is not as damaged as those of older people? Do older people experience time as moving more rapidly because their senses are not as thick?
So, to sum up, time perception may be about the senses, the interaction with the environment. What do you think? Are younger people perceiving more bits of information with their senses? If so, what are these bits of information ultimately connected to?
Also, does one experience a type of time travel when one imbibes alcohol? Time appears to move more quickly in those circumstances. Perhaps the mind does not perceive time quite as much during those instances (time perception may be due to the use of the senses, alcohol makes the senses fuzzy). If this is true, does time travel occur when one sleeps? The senses shut down, the room is dark, and consciousness switches off. Soon, the morning comes in a flash.
How about it? Is time actually about how one perceives with the senses? Do younger people experience time as running more slowly because their sensing apparatus is not as damaged as those of older people? Do older people experience time as moving more rapidly because their senses are not as thick?
So, to sum up, time perception may be about the senses, the interaction with the environment. What do you think? Are younger people perceiving more bits of information with their senses? If so, what are these bits of information ultimately connected to?
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It's not really time travel, but you've asked an interesting question.
Your perception of time moving forward will depend very much on the speed of the activity in your brain. People undergoing a car accident or some other traumatic experience will often say that time seemed to stand still. That's because in those circumstances your brain manages to devote a lot more of it's activity to what is currently happening, in other words it operates faster and time appears to slow down.
Similarly, if you are doing something interesting, time seems to pass faster as your brain is devoting more of it's processing to what you are doing and less to what's happening around you.That's why you're suddenly surprised when you look at the clock and realise it's 3 a.m. :-)
Your perception of time moving forward will depend very much on the speed of the activity in your brain. People undergoing a car accident or some other traumatic experience will often say that time seemed to stand still. That's because in those circumstances your brain manages to devote a lot more of it's activity to what is currently happening, in other words it operates faster and time appears to slow down.
Similarly, if you are doing something interesting, time seems to pass faster as your brain is devoting more of it's processing to what you are doing and less to what's happening around you.That's why you're suddenly surprised when you look at the clock and realise it's 3 a.m. :-)
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