Does time fly or...?

I heard a theory about why time seems to move faster as you get older. When you are 1 year old, 1 year represents 100% of your life and experience. When you are 10 years old, 1 year represents 10% of your life and experience. When you are 50, 1 year is only 2%. As you continue to age, each passing year becomes a smaller and smaller fraction of your total life experience. This relative shrinking of each year in the context of your entire lifespan creates the perception that time is speeding up. The more years you accumulate, the more they blur together, giving the impression that they are flying by more quickly.
 

I asked "DeepSeek" the Chinese free AI about this theory of time passing. here is what it said.

Yes, this theory is often referred to as the "proportional theory" or "logarithmic perception of time." It suggests that our perception of time is relative to the total amount of time we've lived. Here's a breakdown of how it works:

  1. Relative Proportion: When you're 1 year old, a year is your entire life, so it feels like a very long time. By the time you're 10, a year is only 10% of your life, so it feels shorter in comparison. At 50, a year is just 2% of your life, making it seem even shorter.
  2. Familiarity and Routine: As we age, we tend to settle into routines and have fewer novel experiences. Novelty tends to make time feel like it's passing more slowly because our brains are processing new information. When life becomes more routine, time seems to speed up because there are fewer new experiences to mark the passage of time.
  3. Cognitive Processing: Younger brains process information more quickly and are constantly learning new things, which can make time feel like it's passing more slowly. As we age, our cognitive processing slows down, and we become more efficient at handling familiar tasks, which can make time seem to pass more quickly.
  4. Memory: The way we store and recall memories also plays a role. Significant and novel events are more likely to be remembered in detail, making periods filled with such events seem longer in retrospect. As we age, we may have fewer of these standout moments, leading to a sense that time is passing more quickly.
  5. Biological Factors: Some researchers suggest that changes in our biological clocks, such as the slowing of metabolic rates and changes in neurotransmitter levels, might also contribute to the perception that time is speeding up as we age.
While this theory provides a compelling explanation, it's important to note that the perception of time is complex and can be influenced by a variety of factors, including psychological state, attention, and even cultural background.
https://chat.deepseek.com/a/chat/s/fd64ab9b-69da-4cde-8999-522816640540
 
Paco Dennis said:
I asked "DeepSeek" the Chinese free AI about this theory of time passing
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Chinese based AI... well now there's my frightening thought for the morning!
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What I find interesting is that there is still much debate about whether time is even truly a thing, or whether it's simply a construct applied by humans. Really interesting stuff. I'm not sure how I feel about it.......
 
Rich said:
I heard a theory about why time seems to move faster as you get older. When you are 1 year old, 1 year represents 100% of your life and experience. When you are 10 years old, 1 year represents 10% of your life and experience. When you are 50, 1 year is only 2%. As you continue to age, each passing year becomes a smaller and smaller fraction of your total life experience. This relative shrinking of each year in the context of your entire lifespan creates the perception that time is speeding up. The more years you accumulate, the more they blur together, giving the impression that they are flying by more quickly.
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That helps clarify what I was trying to say. I've probably passed on that explanation only 3 or 4 times in my life, and never felt like I could explain it as well as the person who wrote it.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Maybe we think time flies, because we can't remember most of it?
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That makes sense, if I remove all those hours of boredom from memory, which I usually do, there's not much left over.

Edit: I just tried removing some boring memories from my head. I failed. So now where are we?
 
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