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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>> Humans are good at a lot of things, but putting time in perspective is <br>> not one of them.<br><br>Time is an illusion. New research claims that for some animals, such as a fly and a dog, time moves at a slower rate<br><br>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/q-why-is-it-so-hard-to-swat-a-housefly-a-it-sees-you-coming-in-slow-motion-8818124.html<br><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/q-why-is-it-so-hard-to-swat-a-housefly-a-it-sees-you-coming-in-slow-motion-8818124.html" target="_blank"></a><br><br><div>> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:55:00 -0700<br>> From: kmmos1@frontier.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] Putting Time In Perspective<br>> <br>> Putting Time In Perspective<br>> <br>> Humans are good at a lot of things, but putting time in perspective is <br>> not one of them. It's not our fault—the spans of time in human history, <br>> and even more so in natural history, are so vast compared to the span of <br>> our life and recent history that it's almost impossible to get a handle <br>> on it. If the Earth formed at midnight and the present moment is the <br>> next midnight, 24 hours later, modern humans have been around since <br>> 11:59:59pm—1 second. And if human history itself spans 24 hours from one <br>> midnight to the next, 14 minutes represents the time since Christ.<br>> <br>> http://www.waitbutwhy.com/2013/08/putting-time-in-perspective.html?m=1<br>> <br>> <br>> Ken<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> http://www.fsr.net<br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></div> </div></body>
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