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Ever get the feeling that time is moving too fast?


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I read of a study (far more convenient than trying to find and actually read the study) that apparently demonstrated a physiological basis for the commonly-expressed perception that time passes ever more rapidly as we age. Apparently, it has to do with our metabolic rates... which slow as we age... internally we perceive our metabolism as subjectively unchanged, hence external events appear to speed up, and time flies......
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The reason why time passes faster and faster is, I think, this:

 

At 2 years old, 1 year is 50% of your lifetime

At 20 years old, 1 year is 5% of your lifetime

At 100 years old, 1 year is 1% of your lifetime

 

The older you are, the less lengthy years seem because they span a smaller percentage of your life.

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