Apr 10 2010, 02:44 AM
QUOTE(Mesosmagnet @ Feb 9 2010, 09:41 PM)
Last night during my family's "family time", as usual we read the bible and one part of last nights reading caught my attention. It said that for God one thousand years is like a day, and a day like a thousand years.
That got me thinking a little about "time", and the "perception of time". Also on the effects of "perception of time" on growth rate of living organisms. For most, if not all, living organisms on our planet, "perception of time" is directly related to the Sun, or more accurately the time of a single complete rotation of the earth with respect to the sun(a day). So if days were shorter or longer, would our life expectancy change? (with all other factors remain controlled). Would we grow up/mature (physically) faster?
I've tried to find material regarding this topic but I cant seem to get any. If anyone has any comments on the topic, or would like to share some knowledge it is most welcome, as well as if anyone could provide some links to good reading material.
Thank you ^^
I once ask GOD for a million bucks, he said "give me a second" .That got me thinking a little about "time", and the "perception of time". Also on the effects of "perception of time" on growth rate of living organisms. For most, if not all, living organisms on our planet, "perception of time" is directly related to the Sun, or more accurately the time of a single complete rotation of the earth with respect to the sun(a day). So if days were shorter or longer, would our life expectancy change? (with all other factors remain controlled). Would we grow up/mature (physically) faster?
I've tried to find material regarding this topic but I cant seem to get any. If anyone has any comments on the topic, or would like to share some knowledge it is most welcome, as well as if anyone could provide some links to good reading material.
Thank you ^^
Added on April 10, 2010, 2:48 am
QUOTE(advocado @ Apr 7 2010, 02:40 PM)
Time is relative.
A rabbit takes 1 minute to reach the goal while a turtle takes 20 minutes, a snail might take 1 hour.
It takes a pentium III 1 year to finish a complex calculation while it takes maybe 1 day for a Quad Processor to complete the same thing.
For humans, driving 200km/h per hour may seem too fast for most people, but for race drivers or people with quick reflex it may consider normal. A person with fast reflex is like a quick computer compared to people with slow reflex.
Also the metabolism rate, pulse signal travelling inside our body, rate of cell lifespan, how fast it grows affects how people see time compared to other species.
For example 1 minute for a human seems very fast but for snail/turtle will slow reaction it might seem long.
10 years may be nothing to humans while 10 years may seem like a lifetime for a dog.
And since god is much superior than humans. We can assume god normally take in information 1000 times faster than us, move 1000 times faster than us, while on the other hand last forever. So the bible says 1 god day is equivalent to 1000 human days.
I think Buddist also have similiar concept when it comes to heaven vs earth day.
The Japanese tale of Urashima TarÅ has similiar theory.
Best explained.A rabbit takes 1 minute to reach the goal while a turtle takes 20 minutes, a snail might take 1 hour.
It takes a pentium III 1 year to finish a complex calculation while it takes maybe 1 day for a Quad Processor to complete the same thing.
For humans, driving 200km/h per hour may seem too fast for most people, but for race drivers or people with quick reflex it may consider normal. A person with fast reflex is like a quick computer compared to people with slow reflex.
Also the metabolism rate, pulse signal travelling inside our body, rate of cell lifespan, how fast it grows affects how people see time compared to other species.
For example 1 minute for a human seems very fast but for snail/turtle will slow reaction it might seem long.
10 years may be nothing to humans while 10 years may seem like a lifetime for a dog.
And since god is much superior than humans. We can assume god normally take in information 1000 times faster than us, move 1000 times faster than us, while on the other hand last forever. So the bible says 1 god day is equivalent to 1000 human days.
I think Buddist also have similiar concept when it comes to heaven vs earth day.
The Japanese tale of Urashima TarÅ has similiar theory.
This post has been edited by jayfreaky: Apr 10 2010, 02:48 AM
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