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July 15, 2015 at 11:31 am
I fucking hate that!
I have to say, if we were designed this way, it was sadistic. I can lose hours and hours when having fun without realizing it, but when I'm in pain or miserable, time seems to slow down to a near standstill.
If anything, it should be the other way round. What bastard is responsible...
I wonder if evolution can explain it? It better.
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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 11:35 am
(July 15, 2015 at 11:31 am)robvalue Wrote: I fucking hate that! Wrong thread, rob! 
(July 15, 2015 at 11:31 am)robvalue Wrote: I have to say, if we were designed this way, it was sadistic. I can lose hours and hours when having fun without realizing it, but when I'm in pain or miserable, time seems to slow down to a near standstill.
If anything, it should be the other way round. What bastard is responsible...
I wonder if evolution can explain it? It better.
Of course, you want to be painfully aware of all that pain and suffering so you try your best to avoid it!
(This is pure speculation, of course... I wasn't there, nor did I accompany this perception as it evolved)
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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 11:39 am
(July 15, 2015 at 11:28 am)pocaracas Wrote: Must have missed it, before... :-s
What were we talking about? ah, time and perspective...
According to "Einstein":
- If you spend 4 hours with a beautiful girl, it will seem as though only 5 minutes passed by.
- If you spend 5 minutes with your hand over a burning fire, it will seem as though 4 hours have passed.
In essence, time flies, when you're having fun - that is relativity.
Haha, anyway, getting back to the OP...
I thought it was interesting to see all the stuff about the history of life on Earth and the universe. What did you think?
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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July 15, 2015 at 11:52 am
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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July 15, 2015 at 12:28 pm
(July 15, 2015 at 11:52 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: The thing I posted is the same idea as this, except with much more detail. If you're into that stuff, you should check it out. 
ok, I checked it out! OK! I did it!
It's awesome!
It's in some sort of logarithmic scale, from one day to the whole universe!
It's awesome!
I wish I could just link to one of those charts, but it's just one huge image, too!
The part about the Anatomically and Behaviorally modern humans is, typically, the thing that theists don't get. We evolved for a long, long, long time, after splitting from other apes.... and we had been evolving for a damned long time before that. Our "recorded history" is a tiny bit of all the lives of all the humans that have existed. And, lo and behold, god chose to interact with us after we'd done all that by ourselves... yeah, right.
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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 12:44 pm
(July 15, 2015 at 12:28 pm)pocaracas Wrote: (July 15, 2015 at 11:52 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: The thing I posted is the same idea as this, except with much more detail. If you're into that stuff, you should check it out.
ok, I checked it out! OK! I did it!
It's awesome!
It's in some sort of logarithmic scale, from one day to the whole universe!
It's awesome!
I wish I could just link to one of those charts, but it's just one huge image, too!
The part about the Anatomically and Behaviorally modern humans is, typically, the thing that theists don't get. We evolved for a long, long, long time, after splitting from other apes.... and we had been evolving for a damned long time before that. Our "recorded history" is a tiny bit of all the lives of all the humans that have existed. And, lo and behold, god chose to interact with us after we'd done all that by ourselves... yeah, right.
YAY!!!! SOMEONE LIKED IT!!!
Alleluia!! Lol.
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July 15, 2015 at 1:13 pm
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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