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| Keywords: time clock hands sweep minute paris long exposure longexposure cc0 darktable text Humans are amazingly complex. The combination of knowledge, intelligence, emotions and prescience makes for humans' incredible potential. Consider how humans have been able to create spectacular civilizations, works of art and scientific discoveries. Yet there are things that humans, without the aid of instruments are quite poor at perceiving. For example, humans have a very poor ability to detect temperature. At first this seems very surprising. Afterall, ice definitely feels cold and fire feels very hot. Consider however stepping out of the shower in the morning. It is much more comfortable to step on the floor mat than the bare ceraminc tiles. The floor mat is nice and warm. The tiles are cold! BRR! But wait. They are the same temperature! One's feet do not detect the temperature of the two items at all. One's feet only detect the temperature flow either into or out of the body. Silly feet. There are several other things that humans are poor at detecting. Most noticeable is the passage of time. Fun times seem to go quickly, boring times seem very slow. I once spent two hours on a treadmill and only half an hour passed. On the other hand, I have had many experiences where it would seem the hands on the clocks were spinning. Good times! Humans are amazingly complex. The combination of knowledge, intelligence, emotions and prescience makes for humans' incredible potential. Consider how humans have been able to create spectacular civilizations, works of art and scientific discoveries. Yet there are things that humans, without the aid of instruments are quite poor at perceiving. For example, humans have a very poor ability to detect temperature. At first this seems very surprising. Afterall, ice definitely feels cold and fire feels very hot. Consider however stepping out of the shower in the morning. It is much more comfortable to step on the floor mat than the bare ceraminc tiles. The floor mat is nice and warm. The tiles are cold! BRR! But wait. They are the same temperature! One's feet do not detect the temperature of the two items at all. One's feet only detect the temperature flow either into or out of the body. Silly feet. There are several other things that humans are poor at detecting. Most noticeable is the passage of time. Fun times seem to go quickly, boring times seem very slow. I once spent two hours on a treadmill and only half an hour passed. On the other hand, I have had many experiences where it would seem the hands on the clocks were spinning. Good times! | ||||
