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Often, it seems as if ghosts’ sense of time – that is, how much has passed since they died – is skewed.
Here’s an interesting (and geeky) study about how we perceive time.
It could be important.
It may affect ghost hunting, and how we communicate with spirits.
Basically, this study shows that time seems to go faster (and faster, and faster) as we get older.
Could that also affect how ghosts sense time?
Here’s the article that made me question this: Physics Explains Why Time Passes Faster As You Age. (Warning: The article is long, sometimes technical, and loaded with ads.)
That’s intriguing from a quantum viewpoint, of course. It’s even more thought-provoking in a ghost hunting context.
Let’s say it’s true that – as the article says – “the years seem to fly by the older we get.”
Does that pace continue to speed up, even after the person has passed?
Does a spirit that’s, technically, a 150-year-old entity, perceive events from 80 years ago (or more) as “just the other day?”
Is that one reason why some ghostly energy may linger here?
Is it because the spirit truly thinks they died (or just fell ill, or had that accident) yesterday, and – somehow — they can resume their lives with just a minor fix, cure, or tweak?
Would that also explain why so many ghosts seem baffled by how different our current world is?
Perhaps they think what they’ve landed in is just a dream, and — in a few hours — they’ll wake up and life will be back to normal again.
It’s an interesting thought, and one we should probably consider when we’re in contact with what seem to be ghosts.
The ghosts’ sense of time — how much has passed since the “yesterday” when they were alive — may be very different from ours.
This reminds me of a Tales From The Crypt episode that I saw, a number of years back, where an old western dude died and, not long after that, a modern-day tour group showed up at the place where he died at.
Thanks, Mark! I’ll have to look for that. It could be relevant. Or at least fun! 😉
By the way, if you like movies about time differences and such, you might wanna check out that movie called: “Time Trap.”
Thanks, Mark, the title sounds intriguing. I’ll check it out this afternoon! 🙂
(Update: I didn’t. See my later comment.)
Did you like it?
Wow… I kept postponing watching it (because: busy) and today decided to make time for it.
It was cryptic, dark, fascinating, and what an ending!
I am SO glad you recommended it. Thank you!
I’m glad that you liked it, Fiona. That reminds me of another story, since a significant part of the movie dealt with The Fountain Of Youth, it reminded me of that time, a number of years back, when magician David Copperfield claimed that he found the real thing. I don’t trust those pseudoskeptical magician types, but I’ve wondered if he might actually be telling the truth.
Hmm… interesting!