On: Why Does Time Fly By As You Get Older?

[alttab]

I think its a mix of both, but mostly yours.

When you are 4, turning 5 is another 20-25% of your life. When you're 39, turning 40 is more like .025% of your life.

Perception of time changes because we have more of it to compare it to, making it feel like its accelerating. But that is all relative.

[mbrubeck → alttab]

You mean 2.5%... or maybe your perception really has accelerated. :)

[alttab → mbrubeck]

Thats what you get when you divide 1/40 in the calculator and forget to move the decimal over.

[xtho → alttab]

You seem to forget: The older you get, the more you forget. With ten, you know pretty well what you did last summer. With 80 you'd say: What summer? It's snowing outside.