The Relativity of Distance

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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    What if the ant had a car?


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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    How come the way back from the mailbox (or anywhere) always seems so much faster
    than the way there?
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    brianlux wrote:

    Only if getting the mail is the focus. If it's the journey, the microorganism is the luckiest of all. :)

    I like this... :D
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,443
    pandora wrote:
    How come the way back from the mailbox (or anywhere) always seems so much faster
    than the way there?

    Yeah, I've noticed that too, whether it be walking, taking the train or driving. The return trip often seems shorter. That might have something to do with The Relativity of Time-- something I don't comprehend very well. I'm hoping Catefrances will have some good answers for us come March. :)
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 46,798
    brianlux wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    How come the way back from the mailbox (or anywhere) always seems so much faster
    than the way there?

    Yeah, I've noticed that too, whether it be walking, taking the train or driving. The return trip often seems shorter. That might have something to do with The Relativity of Time-- something I don't comprehend very well. I'm hoping Catefrances will have some good answers for us come March. :)
    as a truck driver, I can say I've seen this first hand. The only thing I can think of is the return, we know certain markers of the trip and the end point. So while it takes the same amount of time, its known vs unknown? Therefore seems faster?
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,443
    mickeyrat wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    How come the way back from the mailbox (or anywhere) always seems so much faster
    than the way there?

    Yeah, I've noticed that too, whether it be walking, taking the train or driving. The return trip often seems shorter. That might have something to do with The Relativity of Time-- something I don't comprehend very well. I'm hoping Catefrances will have some good answers for us come March. :)
    as a truck driver, I can say I've seen this first hand. The only thing I can think of is the return, we know certain markers of the trip and the end point. So while it takes the same amount of time, its known vs unknown? Therefore seems faster?

    Say you drive the same route two or more times exactly the same way: does it still feel shorter on the return route once you've already done it before?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 46,798
    brianlux wrote:
    mickeyrat wrote:
    as a truck driver, I can say I've seen this first hand. The only thing I can think of is the return, we know certain markers of the trip and the end point. So while it takes the same amount of time, its known vs unknown? Therefore seems faster?

    Say you drive the same route two or more times exactly the same way: does it still feel shorter on the return route once you've already done it before?
    after the first time, it feels the same way from the return trip on. As I said , its about markers on the trip, at least for me. Even add in a delay, time becomes relative to the distance.

    I can plan a trip, time it based on miles and speed. Be accurate in timing, and it still seems like forever on the first trip. On the return, not so. because of the natural markers I see. Be they a turn, change in freeway, cows in a field, cool looking building, etc.
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