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From: piety@hplabs.UUCP (Bob Piety)
Newsgroups: net.sci
Subject: Re: Question (dreams)
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Date: Mon, 9-Jul-84 13:12:53 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  9 13:12:53 1984
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A couple of times I've been heading toward what I thought was a sure
automobile accident.  All of a sudden, everything appeared to be happening
in slow-motion and I had much more time to think of an evasive course of
action.  This must be because the mind is working much faster (5-10x) than
normal.  For example, I was going about 35MPH and suddenly realized The car
50 ft or so in front of me was stopped.  I hit the brakes and started to
skid.  In less than half a second, I remember thinking: "OH Shit!  What do I
do now?....Lets see, when skidding, pump the brakes."  I managed to pump the
brakes only once but stopped 6" behind the car.  The point is that I thought
out that mental dialog in an extremely short time during which everything
seemed to be happening in slow motion.  Conclusion:  Thinking process
greatly speeded up.

Geez, too bad I couldn't make it work that fast all the time.....

Bob