Time Expansion Experiences
- “The duration of felt experience is between two and three seconds …. Everything before belongs to memory; everything after is anticipation. It’s a strange, barely fathomable fact that our lives are lived through this small, moving window.”
The New Yorker • Being in Time
the differences between what we call time in space (physics) and what we perceive as time in our minds (psychology). The dissonance of the definition of time in both realms shows us how much we need to unlearn the fragmented worldview in order to recollect the pieces in a unified approach.
Nogueira de Menezes • #016 Unlearning time
He recommends using mindfulness to help savour leisure experiences. “It expands your subjective perception of time (i.e., you feel like you have more of it) and enhances memory formation, which means you’ll not only feel like your vacations lasted longer, but you’ll remember them a lot better.”
bbc • The way we view free time is making us less happy
As a concept, time makes sense. We think we understand it. But in practice, it becomes unclear, and the minutes, hours, and days often blend together. It’s like we don’t have any internal clock or sense of time. We have a clockless mind. We only seem to understand two states: the present (“now”), and some vague version of all future time (“not now”
... See moreJesse J. Anderson • Extra Focus
However, Taylor’s findings from people who’ve experienced TEEs indicate that they were able to process thoughts and information much faster than what would be possible under normal circumstances. Instead, Taylor advocates for an idea that these events shift the human mind into an altered state of consciousness. In these moments, we step outside our... See more
Darren Orf • A Scientist Says Humans Can Slow Time With Their Minds
Research indicates that perception of elapsed time is primarily influenced by the type and amount of new experiences encountered within that time. The more new experiences, the slower time was perceived to have passed.