The Possibilian

The New Yorker

Here’s a neuroscientist with a broken wristwatch, trying to make sense of our perception of time, tackling issues from why time seemingly slows down when people fear for their lives to whether drummers are different from ordinary humans.


From Weekly Filet #18, in May 2011.

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