3. How long would you wait?
This
experiment
started in
1927 in the
University of
Queensland
Researchers
waited 8-12
years for
each drop to
fall – now
(2014) they
have 9 drops
4. For about a decade, time passed very slowly
Then, for a minute, time
passed extremely quickly
5. Looking back, the decades seemed very fast
But those final minutes
seem to be very long
7. … but the timeline is just part of a larger cycle …
About now
8. Long term
Short term cycle
Past
Future
Present
… and the cycle is just part of another cycle …
9. Does time pass more quickly in the past
or in the future?
10. … past events happened more recently
and more slowly than they did
… future events will happen sooner
and more slowly than they will
Typically, people think that …
11. … but some people think the reverse …
… and events in the future seem further away
in time and faster than they will be
12. The rhythm of events changes over time
Events happening about now are closer
together than events in the past or the future