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WillowTheWhisp · 05-04-2006, 19:46

They did an experiment on TV a few weeks ago (or was that months ago?) where they asked people of different ages to estimate the length of a minute. The older people estimated it as much longer than an actual minute and the younger people estimated it as much shorter. So that meant that a real minute seemed longer than a minute to the younger people and shorter than a minute to the older people.

I don't feel any different inside to what I did when I was in my late teens or early 20s so where did all the years go? It doesn't seem 5 minutes since Mimi was born and now she's doing her GCSEs!

05-04-2006, 19:46	#24
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: Tick, tick, tick. They did an experiment on TV a few weeks ago (or was that months ago?) where they asked people of different ages to estimate the length of a minute. The older people estimated it as much longer than an actual minute and the younger people estimated it as much shorter. So that meant that a real minute seemed longer than a minute to the younger people and shorter than a minute to the older people. I don't feel any different inside to what I did when I was in my late teens or early 20s so where did all the years go? It doesn't seem 5 minutes since Mimi was born and now she's doing her GCSEs! __________________