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It freaks me out. That's no surprise. And I feel like it's just accelerating. 2 weeks ago I came back from Thanksgiving Break. That went pretty damn fast. And now in one week i'm looking at a two-week semester break. That'll go by just as quickly as these past two weeks and then the second half the academic year begins: Spring 2013.

I read something last year regarding time feeling like its "speeding up" or "flying by" because around then was when I was really curious to the explanation behind this phenomenon. Is it just all in our heads? Is it a product of modernization and its affects on our daily lives that make things seem repetitive and relatively inactive?

To sum up what I read:

When you're younger (1-12 ish) there's so much stuff going on that your brain has yet to analyze. Everything is new. Experiences you've never had/felt before are all coming to you at an alarming rate. So what does this mean?

Hypothetically, let's say that a person (aged 1-12 or so) is going through a time interval of 5 seconds. Within those 5 seconds of time, the person's brain is processing events A, B, and C. All of that in 5 seconds. So therefore those 5 seconds feel pretty long.

Now we take an adult, aged 25, for example. Within the same 5 second interval, that person's brain is only processing event D since events A, B, and C have already been processed - those events are nothing new and your brain practically skips right over them. SO in 5 seconds all that's been done was event D. In the same amount of time, less was done. Therefore those 5 seconds felt pretty short. It happened quickly as there was much less to process.

I'd think that if this theory is correct, the the idea that it's a "product of modernization. . ." could be a pretty accurate explanation to our fast-paced lives (not literally, but mentally).


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On the topic of time "flying by," what are your thoughts? Do yo have some theory as to why it's occurring? Or what if you're not experiencing this feeling?

  • 12.10.2012 2:15 PM PDT

Si hoc legere scis, nimis eruditionis habes

I wish time would fly faster, so that I could be done with High School and be off to college.

  • 12.10.2012 2:16 PM PDT

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I noticed this too OP, but to be honest I love how quickly time is going for me at the moment, my GCSE's are going insanely quickly, it feels fantastic.

Cannot wait to leave, I'll worry about everything else once I'm in college.

  • 12.10.2012 2:22 PM PDT

BrAdLeY

I got to admit, as i have got older things have got alot slower and less interesting.

  • 12.10.2012 2:26 PM PDT

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Posted by: feedthefishy
I got to admit, as i have got older things have got alot slower and less interesting.


See that's what annoys me. My life is not so-called "interesting" but it feels like it's going fast. You have it the awesome way lol. At least that's what I think :/

  • 12.10.2012 2:31 PM PDT
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Relevant.

  • 12.10.2012 2:33 PM PDT

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I'm surprised this topic doesn't interest any too much.
:/


And ty for the link ;p

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  • 12.10.2012 2:48 PM PDT
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New events go slower. I find that when I'm in a new place I haven't been and doing new things, time goes really slow. Although I think it is a scientific fact that as your brain gets more information, seconds start to mean less to it.

  • 12.10.2012 2:51 PM PDT