Both physicist Brian Greene and neurologist Oliver Sacks explain the very strange, very subjective nature of time.
The elasticity of experience is expressed by sound artist Ben Rubin in a piece he produced for The Next Big Thing. We include an excerpt on being in "the zone." His story features track stars: Shawn Crawford, Amy Acuff, Brendon Couts, Jason Pyrah, Derrek Atkins, Jon Drummond, and Larry Wade.
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Brilliant Work!
Comments [6]
AaronL from Cape Cod-
I think it's called Parkinsonism
I made a film inspired by this episode, loosely based on the story of Myron and Hester. You can see it it below:
http://www.vimeo.com/17892734
Yes, I was wondering about Myron's speech as well functioning normally though his perception of time was slowed down. Any explanation on that? Thanks.
What are the medical names of the diseases involving Myron and Hester, respectively? Very interesting stuff. Would love to investigate more on the matter.
Also, the Eisntein link does not work.
Fascinating! One thing I'd like to know: When Dr. Sacks is talking about his interaction with Myron, he makes no indication that Myron's speech was slowed. Certainly his speech wasn't slowed to the same degree as his physical movement, evidenced by his ability to converse. In contrast, Hester's speech was described as being so fast that it was impossible to even properly imitate it. If Myron is "absorbing and performing at drastically different tempos from the rest of humanity", why doesn't that affect his speech as well as his movement?
I the link broken for "Play with Einstein's Theory of Relativity"? I can't get it to work.
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