RainmanTime
Super Moderator
Often on these forums I speak of the fact that Time is non-linear, but that the human organism loves to try and linearize Time around the moments we have to react and respond to.
There is no better example than to consider the timeframe for perception, consideration, and action than your average NFL quarterback has to live in, after every single snap from under center...
The average NFL quarterback starts counting on the snap, and if he has not gotten rid of the ball within 4-5 seconds max, he is going to be reached by the defense. On average.
The quarterback linearizes all of his experiences within those few seconds, and learns to sense, think, and respond in a very non-linear manner (if he is to be successful, that is).
Compare the timeframe of the NFL quarterback to that of longer timeframes of decision & action. When you have more than 5 seconds to consider and react, your performance may improve in certain aspects. Your decisions on how to act and react for a longer timeframe may be very different than your decisions on how to react in short timeframes.
Understanding how each of us balances our LONG timeframes (e.g. on the order of our lifetimes) with our SHORT timeframes (days, hours, minutes, seconds) is fundamental to understanding how the human mechanism is a very specific "time machine".
RMT
There is no better example than to consider the timeframe for perception, consideration, and action than your average NFL quarterback has to live in, after every single snap from under center...
The average NFL quarterback starts counting on the snap, and if he has not gotten rid of the ball within 4-5 seconds max, he is going to be reached by the defense. On average.
The quarterback linearizes all of his experiences within those few seconds, and learns to sense, think, and respond in a very non-linear manner (if he is to be successful, that is).
Compare the timeframe of the NFL quarterback to that of longer timeframes of decision & action. When you have more than 5 seconds to consider and react, your performance may improve in certain aspects. Your decisions on how to act and react for a longer timeframe may be very different than your decisions on how to react in short timeframes.
Understanding how each of us balances our LONG timeframes (e.g. on the order of our lifetimes) with our SHORT timeframes (days, hours, minutes, seconds) is fundamental to understanding how the human mechanism is a very specific "time machine".
RMT