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EP 454: Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey Stuff
Dec 21, 2023
The podcast explores the perception of time, including how pets and mice perceive time. It discusses the complexities of time in various aspects of our lives, the influence of time on productivity and creativity, and the value of experience and attention over productivity. It suggests embracing the non-linear nature of time and incorporating the end-of-year experience into our year-round experience.
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- Animals have an innate sense of time, which is relative and embodied.
- Our personal experience of time affects our work and should be valued over strict productivity measures.
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Animals' ability to tell time
The podcast discusses how animals, including the speaker's own cats, have an innate sense of time. A study conducted on mice by Daniel Dombek at Northwestern University revealed that they were able to perform a timed task and displayed brain activity synchronized with the passage of time. The podcast suggests that while humans rely on clocks and calendars to measure time, animals experience time as a relative and embodied sense.
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