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Re: Why time appears to speed up with age

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Post by bumbledraven » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 6:46 AM UTC

ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #61

My theory is different. Our brains work like film cameras, the faster the camera is rolling the slower time in the film seems to be going during playback. Because less time has passed since the last frame was captured. The slower the camera is rolling the faster the film seems to get when you play it back. Our perception of time is based on comparing what we last remember while we were conscious with where we are in…

Neat idea. OS X's clock can be configured via System Preferences to announce the time on the hour, half-hour, or quarter hour, but not every 5 minutes. For that, save the program below in $HOME/bin/saytime:

    #!/usr/bin/perl
    use POSIX;    
    system "say", "It is now " . POSIX::strftime("%I:%M %p", localtime);

Then add the following line to your crontab:

    */5 * *  * * $HOME/bin/saytime

Re: Why time appears to speed up with age

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Post by Jorian » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 3:16 PM UTC

Groxx wrote: post #97

sanj wrote: post #83

Note that this is a joke paper written for the Journal of Irreproducible Results: http://www.jir.com/

I can't find any evidence for this on either site.

You did not look very well.

The article by T.L. Freeman exists. It is in: http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Journal-Irreproducible-Result...

Re: Why time appears to speed up with age

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Post by Groxx » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 8:51 PM UTC

Jorian wrote: post #102

Groxx wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't find any evidence for this on either site.

You did not look very well. The article by T.L. Freeman exists. It is in: http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Journal-Irreproducible-Result...

You're not looking very well either. The author / pen-name / anything sounding anything like the article isn't in any of the information on the Amazon page, nor is it anywhere in JIR's list of 'selected pseudonyms'. Google searches of www.jir.com find nothing, nor does going through a large portion of the site that I could find.

To be clear, I admit it's possible, maybe even likely. But nobody has shown any evidence that it's true, just a claim and a link to a page that does nothing to support it.

Re: Why time appears to speed up with age

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Post by Jorian » Wed, Aug 22, 2012, 3:02 PM UTC

Groxx wrote: post #103

Jorian wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You did not look very well. The article by T.L. Freeman exists. It is in: http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Journal-Irreproducible-Result...

You're not looking very well either. The author / pen-name / anything sounding anything like the article isn't in any of the information on the Amazon page, nor is it anywhere in JIR's list of 'selected pseudonyms'. Google searches of www.jir.com find nothing, nor does going through a large portion of the site that I could find. To be clear, I admit it's possible, maybe even likely. But nobody has shown any evidence…

It is not on the internet, so it doesn't exist?

I happen to have that bundle somewhere in my basement but won't bother to dig it up. I remember that joke-publication quite well.

Even if it's not to be found on the web, it's at least referenced by others. That's an easy find.

http://acacia.atspace.eu/papers/FeelOlder.pdf

Note that that one was published in '91, so before the article by Professor Pi.

Re: Why time appears to speed up with age

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Post by Groxx » Wed, Aug 22, 2012, 4:29 PM UTC

Jorian wrote: post #104

Groxx wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're not looking very well either. The author / pen-name / anything sounding anything like the article isn't in any of the information on the Amazon page, nor is it anywhere in JIR's list of 'selected pseudonyms'. Google searches of www.jir.com find nothing, nor does going through a large portion of the site that I could find. To be clear, I admit it's possible, maybe even likely. But nobody has shown any evidence…

It is not on the internet, so it doesn't exist? I happen to have that bundle somewhere in my basement but won't bother to dig it up. I remember that joke-publication quite well. Even if it's not to be found on the web, it's at least referenced by others. That's an easy find. http://acacia.atspace.eu/papers/FeelOlder.pdf Note that that one was published in '91, so before the article by Professor Pi.

Not at all. But if it's not on either site pointed to as evidence, it's not evidence. It's like saying "unicorns exist, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat ". Or "unicorns exist, I have a photo in my basement". Why would I expect anyone to take that as proof?

Re: Why time appears to speed up with age

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Post by Jorian » Wed, Aug 22, 2012, 5:58 PM UTC

Groxx wrote: post #105

Jorian wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is not on the internet, so it doesn't exist? I happen to have that bundle somewhere in my basement but won't bother to dig it up. I remember that joke-publication quite well. Even if it's not to be found on the web, it's at least referenced by others. That's an easy find. http://acacia.atspace.eu/papers/FeelOlder.pdf Note that that one was published in '91, so before the article by Professor Pi.

Not at all. But if it's not on either site pointed to as evidence, it's not evidence. It's like saying "unicorns exist, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat ". Or "unicorns exist, I have a photo in my basement". Why would I expect anyone to take that as proof?

No, you pose this as an argumentum ex silentio instead of a simply asking for a link to the reference or even a copy of the article. So why should I be bothered to dig this thing out of my library?

Well, at least I gave you a reference to the article. Finding that reference should have taken you no more than two minutes.

Re: Why time appears to speed up with age

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Post by grepmo » Sat, Aug 25, 2012, 5:39 PM UTC

stephencanon wrote: post #46

mechanical_fish wrote: post #30

Is anyone here but me old enough to know what J. Irr. Res. is? [1] This comment thread makes me wonder. According to the chart in the article, I have precious little time left. Please try not to suck all the joy out of my remaining few minutes. --- [1] Or maybe I'm the last one on Earth who still reads the footnotes? [2] This is the famous recursive footnote. [2] Please enjoy your trip through the stack. [3] This tai…

You needn't be old to know what J. Irr. Res. is; you only need to be paying attention.

Journal of Irresponsible Research?