is time speeding up?

Six6siX said:
But you don't know that percentage at a given point till you die because the absolute value can't be determined. So the overall calculation is a distribution equally over the time period once the end point has been determined.
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No. They didn't say "life", they said "time you've been alive", therefore the amount of time you might live in the future doesn't enter in to it.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I gig in 3 different bands, I cycle every day, go running 3 times a week, go out for 2 meals a week and go and watch local bands at least once a week so I am far from a mundane life.
At 58 time is still going faster every year.
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Sounds like you stopped learning anything new, however.

Go pick up some art and learn to paint, go on holidays, etc. It's all relative.
 
I have given this some thought in the past and have a personal theory. I suspect it is like learning a new skill. When you learn something new, the time it takes to do and learn it seems much longer than when you are very familiar with doing it. To some extent, practise makes perfect but also, you don't build the firm new memories of doing something you can do without thinking about it. Autopilot kicks in and time perception can go out the window. When you are younger, life itself is new and everything is a new experience. As you get older, you have much less new experiences and life seems to pass much faster. If that makes sense.

I think that and also as mentioned, the fraction of time you have existed for will have a bearing.
 
Kosmiche said:
This year has gone in a flash. Is it just getting older?

Things that I did a year ago feels like I did them last week.
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Yes. The older I get, the faster time passes. It's really rather worrying. :(

I've been learning a new career this past year and it's just flown by.

And having three kids, all with busy social lives, literally kills time.
 
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howiepoohs said:
To some extent, practise makes perfect but also, you don't build the firm new memories of doing something you can do without thinking about it. Autopilot kicks in and time perception can go out the window.
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It doesn't? A week can feel like an eternity when you work with clients/joe public when they don't know what they want.
 
Tephnos said:
Sounds like you stopped learning anything new, however.

Go pick up some art and learn to paint, go on holidays, etc. It's all relative.
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You don't want to see me paint, I got caned at school because the art teacher thought I was taking the pee.
Just got back from Kos, went to Dublin earlier this year and going abroad in October somewhere.
Oh and I never ever stop learning, always reading science stuff mainly and work throws a curve ball every day.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
You don't want to see me paint, I got caned at school because the art teacher thought I was taking the pee.
Just got back from Kos, went to Dublin earlier this year and going abroad in October somewhere.
Oh and I never ever stop learning, always reading science stuff mainly and work throws a curve ball every day.
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You live in a disconnected reality field from the rest of us then, you're actually aging faster than us! :eek:
 
Six6siX said:
But you don't know that percentage at a given point till you die because the absolute value can't be determined. So the overall calculation is a distribution equally over the time period once the end point has been determined.
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Yes you do because its a percent of the time youve LIVED not will live


Ie when your born your first day is 100% of the time youve been alive, the next day will only be 50% of the time youve been alive the 3rd only 33% the 4th only 25% the 5th only 20%.

The day of your 20th birthday will only be 0.013% of your life lived.
 
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