Re: [zoobrothertom] Time perception
Are you sure you don't just remember it that way?
I remember the same thing on most of my BASE jumps. I feel like I can see details in the cliff that I shouldn't be able to. I can see climbers on the face clearly, and have time to think about where they are, what they're up to, and so on. For a 1-2 second delay, this doesn't sound right. But the problem is, all of this is what I
remember happening at the time, and it's hard to say if that happened after the jump, when the memory was formed, or if I actually picked all that out in the moment.
But there is one thing which can help us tell the difference, and that's how fast you're able to respond in the situation. Friends who have been involved in serious BASE accidents tell me that the thing which surprised them the most is how quickly time went by when it was actually time to do something.
A couple of times I've tripped when I was getting out of the car, or something, and in hindsight it seems like time went really slow. But what's interesting is that my reactions seemed equally slow. Generally, I remember seeing the ground coming up and thinking, "Oh, I'm falling," or something like that.
A while back, I was running and slipped on some ice. What I remember is
somehow staying upright while I slid about 6 feet on the ice, which seemed like an incredibly long ride. I definitely didn't respond particularly quickly or intelligently.
In my experience, at least, it seems like although I
remember time moving very slowly, I've never actually
done something in the moment which proved it's anything more than a memory.
Michael
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