stackyFACTSThe cliché that 'time flies when you are having fun' is a literal neuro-perceptual fact. When you are highly engaged in a joyful activity, your internal timekeeping mechanism gets so thoroughly distracted by the event that it stops logging the passing minutes, compressing your subjective reality into a blink.
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Proportional time theory states that your perception of duration mathematically collapses over time. When you are five years old, one single year represents…
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