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Why Time Flies By As You Get Older 252

Ant notes a piece up on WBUR Boston addressing theories to explain the universal human experience that time seems to pass faster as you get older. Here's the 9-minute audio (MP3). Several explanations are tried out: that brains lay down more information for novel experiences; that the "clock" for nerve impulses in aging brains runs slower; and that each interval of time represents a diminishing fraction of life as we age.

Comment Re:SETI... (Score 1) 69

Something I have pondered... How do you know it's SETI is useful? I agree there a ton of computers out there crunching tons of number, but who really knows how useful it is? However, the Medical research seems more promising as it would produce tangible results which can, hopefully, be applied in the near term. Just a thought.

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