Time is not a constant

[clevermanka]

mckitterick has a very fluid notion of time. I...do not. For me, next week is next week and tomorrow is tomorrow, and yesterday is yesterday. This is true no matter what my altered state of mind. While time itself might seem to move slower or faster depending on current circumstances, I have a very definite sense of the now versus the past versus the future.

These experiments, by Prof. Daryl Bem of Cornell University, seem to indicate that mckitterick, and people like him, might have a more accurate understanding of time.

Accurate or not, though, it doesn't make it less annoying when someone is late for an appointment.

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[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

yesterday and last Tuesday and last year and five years ago are pretty fluid between themselves

Interesting! mckitterick would probably feel much the same way.

I don't have a good ability to remember how long ago something was in years, but I can definitely tell you if past event X happened before or after past event Y (on a linear time-line).