Today is February 7, 2024, and the 9th of this month is Chinese New Year's Eve. But many people tend to have a special feeling about the passage of time: that is, it seems that 2018 is not long ago, and even more, many people may feel that 2022 has entered 2024 not long after it has begun, and 2023 has been skipped.
I'm sure many people feel this way. And for this kind of phenomenon, different people also give different conclusions.
For example, it is said that our world is not real, but virtual. Similar to a computer-simulated world. Because of the initiation of human beings and even the universe, there are many incredible and inexplicable contents that current science cannot explain, but if the world is considered virtual, then all difficult problems can be regarded as bugs in the program of the world. In fact, if the world is virtual and can be verified, then both theism and atheism can stop arguing. Because the person who designed and manipulated this program is God.
The rapid passage of time can also be explained by this: the operator of the program has revised the program, so that time passes faster. Therefore, although it has been seven years from 2018 to 2024, it gives people the feeling that it has just passed a few days.
For the post-00s, the topic of 2012 may be relatively unfamiliar. Before 2012, there were legends around the world that December 2012 was the end of human civilization. At the time, many people were terrified of this date. Although it is now 2024, and a full twelve years have passed since 2012, some netizens have found a very strange phenomenon: that is, before 2012, time passed very slowly, but after 2012, time has become faster. Therefore, many people think: maybe in 2012, human beings are really gone, but consciousness has been uploaded to a virtual world, so they will feel that time passes quickly.
Of course, many people do not agree with this statement: because the statement that 2012 is the end of the world is nonsense in itself, how can it affect the time of Taoists.
Of course, there's one of the most scientifically accurate theories that explains why many people think time is too fast: it's that the years repeat themselves.
I remember that in 2020, a netizen mentioned on the New Year's Day that there is actually only one day a year, but the time of this day has been repeated 365 times. And this statement actually explains why some people think that time is fast.
In fact, it is not that time has become faster, but because of factors such as the fast pace of modern society, people feel that every day is the same, and since every day is the same, when you look back on it afterwards, you will find that the time of the year is full of blanks. Because people's memories tend to be more inclined to remember something iconic. For some small things in daily life, they tend to be ignored. So when I look back on the gains and losses of the year, I have almost no memory to speak of.
For example, in the three years from 2020 to 2022, I believe that most people's memories are to deal with Brother Guan, and as for many details, I believe that not many people remember.
Ok, now in February 2024, seven days have passed as of today, so what are the hot events in the past seven days? I believe that many people will feel blank.
In fact, the years are like this: the constant repetition of mechanical life makes us all lose our memory.