They Asked What is “Present Time” and Said…

Here is one of the more inquisitive comments on the thread:

Another good experiment to demonstrate this is to quickly look at a mechanical clock. Look somewhere else and then quickly look over and stare at it. If you catch it just right then it will appear as though the second hand stays in place longer than a second. The reason for this is your brain can’t decide what to report during the transition so it doesn’t report anything until you stop moving your eyes, and so what you finally see is the second hand and that is what your brain reports for occurring in the past and so it looks as though it has been there longer than a second.

This is a cool drawing playing with 3 dimensions although a concept without video is difficult to display 4 dimensions beyond theory.

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We hope you like the video and feel free to comment on the thread.

Thanks ot veritasium for making these things.



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