Neato!

[sarcasticsiren]

Ben and I watched a really interesting program on The Science Channel the other day...yeah, I don't know why we were watching the Science Channel, either, especially when, like, Rock of Love is on, but that's besides the point.

So the basic premise of this program was exploring the perception of time.

a) For example, does time actually slow down

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[kuhn]

So the lesson I got from this is that every time I do coke in the future I should also do pot so that time goes normally, right?

Cranky skeptical rants, ahoy!

[asindreams]

Um, you're misinterpreting what they're saying here. Time is not "slowing down" for him; his sensory organs are just working at a vastly accelerated pace. If you're skydiving, or just averted a car crash, or in the middle of a scary job interview, time seems slower because your perception is vastly intensified by an onslaught of adrenaline to your major organ and sensory systems. It's the same thing that explains when people lift cars pinning their kids. They're not "momentarily becoming mutants," they're just experiencing an adrenaline and protein rush. The laws of space and time do not bend, only our perception of them. (Whether our perception shifts space and time - in the way that perception downright DETERMINES the results of some experiments in quantum physics - is a far deeper and far less answered question

Re: Cranky skeptical rants, ahoy!

[sarcasticsiren]

Shrug. The point of this show was to show time distorted....that we can actually find ways to freak out the little ticker in our brain that controls how we keep track of time. Later in the show, they talked about how it's not against the laws of physics for time to go backward, it is just highly unlikely and close to impossible.

And I DO think rats have personalities and feelings, no matter how simplistic they might be.

After doing that report on marijuana for neurology, I disagree strongly with the whole idea of "pot makes me a better driver." People say that about booze, too, because it makes them feel they have to be more careful, but in the end, your willpower probably can't beat out chemicals forever. I'm just sayin', it's a matter of putting other peoples' lives at risk, so I'd say take a cab.

But what do I know, I'm coked out of my MIND right now!!

Re: Cranky skeptical rants, ahoy!

[kuhn]

Damn it, Jan, you just made me spit water everywhere.

Re: Cranky skeptical rants, ahoy!

[asindreams]

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