YARON S BUTTERFIELD
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My Perspective
​of Time





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Time is an illusion
                      - Albert Einstein
Below is the set of code used to describe the phenomenon  discussed in the attached paper.

Note: Modified Python programming language used

 

Definitions:
Event count (e)
Additional events (n)

Time span (t)

Level of intensity (i)

Space between events (s)

Event/time ratio (eot)

 

 

Calculating what we are normally accustomed to (can be different for every individual).

This is one example:

Figure 1a

 

e1 = 10 # events or experiences, in this case, 10 events

t1 = 7 # time, in this case 7 days

eot = e1/t1 # events over time

eot = 1.43 # the event/time ratio we are used to

 

 

Scenario 1:

We have a week where we experience much more events than normal:

Figure 1b

 

n = 15

e2 = e1 + n

e2 = 25 # events have gone from 10 to 25

t1 = 7 # in that span of 7 days

eot = e2/t1

eot = 3.57 # a new event/time ratio

 

But our mind adjust the events/time ratio to match what we are used to for that amount of events which results in a sensation of expanded time (17.5 days in this case) – a feeling that much more time has gone by than in reality.

Figure 1c

 

t2 = e2*t1/e1 # adjusting time

t2 = 17.5 # our sense of time is now 17.5 days

eot = e2/t2

eot = 1.43 # our mind adjusts to the e/t ratio we are used to

 

 

Our mind is also affected in another way with the sudden increase in events over the course of the week. Each event has decreased time in between them and a sense of them going by more quickly than normal is the result. Below is shown for the normal weeks we are used to where eot = 1.43, the space between events is the inverse as shown below. During the same span of time t1 when were are suddenly experiences a higher number of events e2, the average perceived space between events has decreased resulting in a feeling they are passing by more quickly.

Figure 1d

 

s1 = t1/e1 #average perceived space between events

s1 = 0.7

s2 = t1/e2

s2 = 0.28

 

 

Scenario 2:

We have a week where we experience less events than normal.

Figure 1e

 

n = -7

e3 = e1 + n

e3 = 3

t1 = 7 # in that span of 7 days

eot = e3/t1

eot = 0.43

 

Our mind adjust the events/time ratio to match what we are used to for that amount of events which results in a sensation of expanded time (2.1 days in this case) – a feeling that much less time has gone by than in reality.

Figure 1f

 

t3 = e3*t1/e1 # ajusting time as before

t3 = 2.1 # our sense of time is now 2.1 days

eot = e3/t3

eot = 1.43 # our mind adjusts to the e/t ratio we are used to

 

 

Scenario 3:

Here, at the moment I was diagnosed with brain cancer, the intensity of the event rose dramatically. To signify this, I adjust i to 1000.

 

e1 = 10 # events / experiences

t1 = 7 # time

i = 1000 #intensity

eot = e1/t1 # event/time ratio

e4 = e1 + i # add intensity to events

t4 = e4*t1/e1

t4 = 700 # my sense of time was 700 days (~ 2 years)

eot = e4/t4

eot = 1.43


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