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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Question (dreams)
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Date: Sun, 8-Jul-84 11:20:55 EDT
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Yeah, to push the brain-computer analogy, it's as if we have a
variable clock rate. Boredom slows it down, interest speeds it
up. (and danger is very interesting!)

I've noticed this effect while sliding off corners 3 and 5 at
Blackhawk. (racetrack) Sure take a  l o n g  time to come to a stop!
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I'll confirm that ...  One night I was knocked off my bike by a car
that didn't stop at a stop sign.  As I was going through the air, I
was considering whether there was oncoming traffic in the left lanes
or a following car, where to try to roll to avoid the car that hit me,
and all sorts of practical matters of that kind.  I even had time to
put the decisions into effect -- about 30 minutes subjective time, I'd
say.

(PS  Neither the bike nor my body suffered more than surface scrapes,
but I take more notice of cars coming to stop signs, now.)
-- 

Martin Taylor
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