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[Freethinker]

Originally posted by: Tormod
I never claimed that time changed, only my experience of it. In fact I never even mentioned the word "time", just "slow motion". Of course the perception of time is relative (ask any 5-year old on Christmas eve).

Time is relative? You may be on to something there! :-)

No you did not use the word "time", but motion requires time. Therefore "slow" motion would indicate a relative shift in the passage of time. Or perhaps a shift in the relative passage of time? Anyway. To say you did not mean to involve time when talking of motion is impossible.

I disagree with the separation of experience and perception in this case. They are one and the same to me.

Not to me. And on many levels. e.g. some stimulii could be experienced by your body well before you percieve it. Such as the autonomic response when your fingers touch fire. You "experience" AND "react" pulling your hand away, BEFORE your mind consciously percieves it.

Your body could experience an operation and you have no perception of it.

As far as I can understand rileyj's original question was about the perception of time (is it relatively different between human beings and flies), so I think we are all talking about the same thing here.

I think a bigger question than a relative difference in the PERCEPTION of time, is whether a fly "PERCIEVES" time anyway. To perceive time, one must percieve self.