Time

Thanks for these thoughts. Those ones about making intelligent decisions about where we choose to be and when are profound…oh…oops, I must have forgotten, this is just about base jumping and climbing:)

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Dave

Time—it has been a major topic within my PhD focus in philosophy of science…time is what we make it to be because it does not exist, only in our perceptive thoughts as a way to understand the reality of which we also create via our (mis)perceptions. Control your perceptions and you may experience a control of time as well and it is in this zone that a human can do the most amazing feats…is that “the zone” or enlightenment…not sure but civilizations from all of our history have had figures, beliefs, and practices that may unlock many mysteries of our current “worldly” perceptions. Ah, yes, TIME.

Richard
Time is certainly not a fixed concept measured in minutes and seconds, at least as it applies to us humans.  When you jump time expands as your focus intensifies I;m certain.  I’m not a base jumper, but I remember from my days driving open wheeled race cars that when wheel to wheel at 140mph there was all the time in the world, and details as small as a pebble on the track came into view when they would ordinarily be invisible.

There is definitely something to say about “Focus.” You notice all the little things, but when you are going 140mph a pebble can either be benign or the beginning of a very bad day.

I think that time is fixed in our minds as minutes and seconds, however the perception of those minutes and seconds changes, the faster we go the longer the space gets for those seconds. Our perception of those seconds and minutes have now changed.

And perception is so impossible to pin down.