I’m not sure how scientific that is in terms of how the brain actually works — I mean it’s a network of neurons that adjust connections, not a hard drive that can be filled or emptied…
But I love how much I relate to your anecdote — It just feels like it makes sense — because we really do perceive time to pass faster as we age.
I was just summing up a concept I remembered from somewhere. If we’re going to get specific about it, it’s called Weber’s Law, there’s an interesting numberphile video about it about the rate of change, and our experience with different levels of stimulus where the required “ratio” to feel a difference remains the same, which essentially means it takes more to notice. It wasnt an anecdote either, it was a metaphor for that concept / law regarding life experiences. It’s a very real thing.
I’m not sure how scientific that is in terms of how the brain actually works — I mean it’s a network of neurons that adjust connections, not a hard drive that can be filled or emptied…
But I love how much I relate to your anecdote — It just feels like it makes sense — because we really do perceive time to pass faster as we age.
I was just summing up a concept I remembered from somewhere. If we’re going to get specific about it, it’s called Weber’s Law, there’s an interesting numberphile video about it about the rate of change, and our experience with different levels of stimulus where the required “ratio” to feel a difference remains the same, which essentially means it takes more to notice. It wasnt an anecdote either, it was a metaphor for that concept / law regarding life experiences. It’s a very real thing.