0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 19 Mar \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
My amateur speculation is that time passes more slowly when we're taking in lots of new information.
When we're young, more is new, so time passes more slowly.
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 19 Mar
I have found two explanations of this phenomena:
  • The older a person gets, every fixed amount of time, say an hour, a day, a year, etc, is smaller and smaller compared to your whole life. For example, when you are 2 years old, one year is half your life, but it's only 1% when you are 100.
  • Your brain stores memories more frequently when experiencing something novel. This can make you feel that a longer time has passed when you are doing a lot of new things compared to when you are doing the same every day.
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