A: Why do we perceive time running faster as we grow older?
When we are older, for example 50, one year is basically one 1/50th of our total time or 2% of our total memory, but at just 10 years old, that same year which is exactly the same length using the standard definition of time, is actually 1/10th or 10% which is obviously bigger than 2%.
We use Maths everyday in everything we do, both subconsciously and consciously and we know that as a simple number, 0.1 is bigger than 0.02 so subsequently our minds persuade us that a year is shorter when we are older than it was when we were younger.
Sorry, un-eloquent I know but I hope you see what I'm getting at !!
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@freebornangel is right, you're looking through the wrong end of the telescope.
A year to a 50 year old is similar to many other years, with plenty of examples on memory. What year was it that I got my leg operation? Two years ago or five? I remember it was winter, they might say.
It's also safe to say that a typical 50 year old has less impatience for life, and invests less meaning in the dramas of the day. Typical old timers seek peace, sameness and routine, whereas youth seeks vitality and difference.
Thank you for posting a nice answer on StemQ!
I remember watching a video on YouTube about this, makes sense.
Ah, your answer makes a lot of sense.
Thank you for taking the time to contribute to StemQ!
Now can someone go back and give me some maths for my Geodesic egg question please :-)
Hi Nathen,
A quick note as well.
A picture would help your answer to stand out on the home page. ;-)