• bigfondue@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Here’s a random guess. They are thinking less, so time seems to go by quicker. Think about how long 2 hours of calculus homework seems vs 2 hours sitting on the beach.

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      19 hours ago

      This is such a wild example to me because sitting at beach is extremely boring and takes forever whereas doing calculus is at least engaging so time flies reasonably quick.

      Like when I think what takes the longest in my life I don’t think “those times when I’m actively solving problems”, I think “those times I sit in a waiting room at the doctors with nothing to do” or “commuting, ditto”.

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        18 hours ago

        I know what you mean. If I’m absorbed in something I find interesting time flies. Solving integrals is not one those for me.