Do we all experiencie time the same way?

[endless_dark]

This question is intriguing me since I was a child, when I was a little kid I use to sleep in the same room as my sister, since I was afraid of dark I spent a long time to get sleep, and my sister always fell asleep quickly. I always thought, Is her "now" living tomorrow?

I mean, this half an hour that passed for me trying to sleep, would be her first half an hour of tomorrow (from her point of view)?

 

I think there will be no way to prove this scientifically, as far as I know, time is relative but depending on speed, is not any consciousness matter, so, assuming that all humans are moving at same speed we all should be experiencing time the same way. Right?

 

Even if time travelling and that stuff were possible that some people are posting here, I don't know why do we experience time the way we do.

 

PS: Well, maybe this should go in the pseudocience forums...

[D H]

How humans perceive time has nothing to do with relativity. This thread should go into psychology, which is exactly where I sent it.

 

Time seems to pass very differently when one is in the zone in some physical activity versus when one is completely zoned out in a boring class, and when one is eight years old versus eighty.

[MM6]

After the title I have no idea what you're talking about. But recently I listened to a fascinating podcast where psychologist P. Zimbardo discusses the title of your thread. iTunes: Science and the City, NY Academy of Sciences (Title: Time Paradox)

[GutZ]

You setting up two time standards and one depended on something. Even though your sister is asleep, it's still "today". You can't compare unless you have the same standard for both of you. You cant use one method, then have your sister on a different standard by relating it to the time she sleeps vs your awakened state....it doesn't make sense.

 

I think that's your issue.

[GDG]

This question is intriguing me since I was a child, when I was a little kid I use to sleep in the same room as my sister, since I was afraid of dark I spent a long time to get sleep, and my sister always fell asleep quickly. I always thought, Is her "now" living tomorrow?

I mean, this half an hour that passed for me trying to sleep, would be her first half an hour of tomorrow (from her point of view)?

 

I think there will be no way to prove this scientifically, as far as I know, time is relative but depending on speed, is not any consciousness matter, so, assuming that all humans are moving at same speed we all should be experiencing time the same way. Right?

 

Even if time travelling and that stuff were possible that some people are posting here, I don't know why do we experience time the way we do.

 

PS: Well, maybe this should go in the pseudocience forums...

 

An interesting thought for a little kid

 

We all have pretty much the same physiological equipment, so should experience time in the same ways. Your subjective experience of time, though, tends to vary with your degree of attention and how much is going on. If you are really absorbed in a project, hours can go by without you noticing: time stands still. If you are at the opposite end of the interest/attention scale (perhaps a basic algebra class that you are overqualified for), time drags on and on...

 

As for when your sister experienced "now", I'd have to say it was whenever she woke up. If you woke her up an hour after she went to sleep, she would not already be 30 minutes into her next morning. You just had a longer day than she did