[Shasown]

Originally Posted by setanta

Like we were discussing earlier on though - to me time is just a human creation that we use to shackle ourselves to the past and future rather than to the now. Always worrying about what we have done or should do etc., rather than enjoying the time we have now just like the birds and the bees do lol. So yeah, it was easier to immerse yourself in a book as a child because there wasn't such a conflict within you, you know? Reading requires a certain concentration and imagination that usually aren't prerequisites for enjoying the usual shi$e on tv. If that makes any sense.

Nah I think you have missed my point, you obviously dont have kids, an example, I tell my 11 year old "in five minutes" to something she has asked, I can bet a pound to a pinch of shit she will ask again before 3 minutes are up, I will look at the clock and say "no wait" That3 minutes she actualy waited seems to her like hours, I can sit and watch her fidget.

However if I were to gauge 5 minutes it would either be about 5 minutes or just over.

Our brains are excited when we learn, they are sponges, they want to learn, we cant feed them experience fast enough, as we age the brain learns to accept the concept of what we know as time, therefore it savours the learning experience and almost equates its own clock with time as we know it.