Interesting. PBS’s conclusion in the end may be right. His mind was more aware and active in those moments and would’ve registered more experience. But brain would’ve stored that experience in normal way and so it would’ve seemed longer while recalling. Still, time did slow down in those falling moments, if not the actual time then his mind time. He got more in less time.
Ugh, all this guy is talking about is memory. He doesn’t think time actually slows down for people but that the RECALL of it feels like time is slow because of all the “rich detail” our mind gives to the event. NO. This does not address the fact that the people DO feel time is slower / longer WHILE it’s occurring. I got hit by a car and I can tell you that WHILE it’s happening, it feels like everything is in slow mo. Not my recall of it hours/days/months after the fact.
I hope this doesn’t mean that while you’re dying, instead of taking minutes/hours, in your head it will feel like an eternity. Good god, imagine you know you’re dying, you’re in the process of dying, and feeling like it’s dragging on for hours and hours (or days)? I used to think where death was instantaneous that you wouldn’t feel it / see it coming. But if seconds can feel like minutes (like the car accident did) then I can’t imagine having to go through hours and hours of slowly dying, even if IRL it’s “only” a few minutes.
Jesus, I swear, life was designed to maximize pain and suffering.
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Interesting. PBS’s conclusion in the end may be right. His mind was more aware and active in those moments and would’ve registered more experience. But brain would’ve stored that experience in normal way and so it would’ve seemed longer while recalling. Still, time did slow down in those falling moments, if not the actual time then his mind time. He got more in less time.
Ugh, all this guy is talking about is memory. He doesn’t think time actually slows down for people but that the RECALL of it feels like time is slow because of all the “rich detail” our mind gives to the event. NO. This does not address the fact that the people DO feel time is slower / longer WHILE it’s occurring. I got hit by a car and I can tell you that WHILE it’s happening, it feels like everything is in slow mo. Not my recall of it hours/days/months after the fact.
I hope this doesn’t mean that while you’re dying, instead of taking minutes/hours, in your head it will feel like an eternity. Good god, imagine you know you’re dying, you’re in the process of dying, and feeling like it’s dragging on for hours and hours (or days)? I used to think where death was instantaneous that you wouldn’t feel it / see it coming. But if seconds can feel like minutes (like the car accident did) then I can’t imagine having to go through hours and hours of slowly dying, even if IRL it’s “only” a few minutes.
Jesus, I swear, life was designed to maximize pain and suffering.