And now, it’s time to rawk.

[xkcd.com]

Scientists have found that the reason why time seems to go slower when one is in danger is because it’s simply an illusion.

Eagleman added this illusion “is related to the phenomenon that time seems to speed up as you grow older. When you’re a child, you lay down rich memories for all your experiences; when you’re older, you’ve seen it all before and lay down fewer memories. Therefore, when a child looks back at the end of a summer, it seems to have lasted forever; adults think it zoomed by.”

This is so true – and equally depressing. Just yesterday, Adam and I were out and overheard a few college students having conversations about various trips they were going to take. Every other phrase could have easily been “in my copious amount of free time”, as that’s how it felt. I asked Adam, “Remember what it was like to not care about time?” We sighed. I know, “oh boo hoo Jen, you grew up“, hah, but STILL.

Oh and just in case you were wondering, the scientists have made this spectacular finding:

“We discovered that people are not like Neo in The Matrix, dodging bullets in slow-mo.”

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