I have developed a theory. Its related to time. No not some relativity or time- motion analysis or anything like that. But a very simple theory. It goes something like this-
" My clock is cheating. In fact, all clocks cheat. And they cheat in either of two methods." Simple enough?
Despite the simplicity of it, I think it is a very beautiful and powerful one. This is some serious groundbreaking stuff. And for the past few weeks, I have been keenly observing and testing this theory. Guess what? Its true. I am not kidding. Dont believe me? Read along for some rock solid proof..
FIRST METHOD-
1. So it is T1 time, everybody is studying like crazy for the exam that is the next day. So I have finished having dinner, had a nice chocolate ice cream cone. Taken the required break and have comfortably settled on to my study. I start a new chapter from the book. I read.. carefully, trying to understand each and every line of the text.. Just reading, underlining the important stuff, scribbling the formulaes to get them drilled into my head.After around an hour, I look to see the time. According to my clock, it has been 10 min since I started. Bullshit. Any sane guy in his senses can tell the difference between an hour and 10 minutes!!
2. The time is around 11am. I am sitting in the class, waiting for the lecture to start. Its an important lecture but the topic is very boring. Anyways, the lecturer arrives and starts off at 11.05 am sharp. I am paying serious attention to what he is saying. Fighting my brain as it is trying to turn itself off. I am taking down detailed notes so that I can revise the things taught later on. This goes on smoothly for around half an hour. There are only 20 minutes remaining for the class to get over. I look up at the clock. What do I see? Well, the clock tells me that only 5 min have passed since the start of the lecture. Beat that... How strong an evidence can you get ?!?!?!
Conclusion- My Clock Is Cheating... by slowing down its time.
SECOND METHOD-
1. Ok. So exams are just over. So, naturally, it is celebration time. I return from the exam hall, throw my bag on to the bed, and open up my laptop. I start DC, and just start browsing the new releases, checking a few interesting ones out, randomly making comments on main chat.., the usual stuff. Around an hour later, I just glance at my clock. You know the rest......
2. Lets come back to real time... Right now.. as I am writing this post. I am sure as hell of two things- I started writing at 7.15 pm, and that it couldnt have taken me more that 2-3 long minutes to write such a short piece of text!!!.. But, folks, my highly unreliable and untrusted clock, says it has been more than 15 min.
Conclusion- My Clock Is Cheating.... by running faster than the usual pace.
So, Grand Conclusion- " My clock is cheating. In fact, all clocks cheat. And they cheat in either of two methods."
" My clock is cheating. In fact, all clocks cheat. And they cheat in either of two methods." Simple enough?
Despite the simplicity of it, I think it is a very beautiful and powerful one. This is some serious groundbreaking stuff. And for the past few weeks, I have been keenly observing and testing this theory. Guess what? Its true. I am not kidding. Dont believe me? Read along for some rock solid proof..
FIRST METHOD-
1. So it is T1 time, everybody is studying like crazy for the exam that is the next day. So I have finished having dinner, had a nice chocolate ice cream cone. Taken the required break and have comfortably settled on to my study. I start a new chapter from the book. I read.. carefully, trying to understand each and every line of the text.. Just reading, underlining the important stuff, scribbling the formulaes to get them drilled into my head.After around an hour, I look to see the time. According to my clock, it has been 10 min since I started. Bullshit. Any sane guy in his senses can tell the difference between an hour and 10 minutes!!
2. The time is around 11am. I am sitting in the class, waiting for the lecture to start. Its an important lecture but the topic is very boring. Anyways, the lecturer arrives and starts off at 11.05 am sharp. I am paying serious attention to what he is saying. Fighting my brain as it is trying to turn itself off. I am taking down detailed notes so that I can revise the things taught later on. This goes on smoothly for around half an hour. There are only 20 minutes remaining for the class to get over. I look up at the clock. What do I see? Well, the clock tells me that only 5 min have passed since the start of the lecture. Beat that... How strong an evidence can you get ?!?!?!
Conclusion- My Clock Is Cheating... by slowing down its time.
SECOND METHOD-
1. Ok. So exams are just over. So, naturally, it is celebration time. I return from the exam hall, throw my bag on to the bed, and open up my laptop. I start DC, and just start browsing the new releases, checking a few interesting ones out, randomly making comments on main chat.., the usual stuff. Around an hour later, I just glance at my clock. You know the rest......
2. Lets come back to real time... Right now.. as I am writing this post. I am sure as hell of two things- I started writing at 7.15 pm, and that it couldnt have taken me more that 2-3 long minutes to write such a short piece of text!!!.. But, folks, my highly unreliable and untrusted clock, says it has been more than 15 min.
Conclusion- My Clock Is Cheating.... by running faster than the usual pace.
So, Grand Conclusion- " My clock is cheating. In fact, all clocks cheat. And they cheat in either of two methods."
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| The Cheating Clock |
a few facts to think about :
ReplyDeleteyou wrote ~487 words till the words "...2-3 long minutes to write such a short piece..."
taking your estimation of 3 minutes, it means you wrote the article at a typing speed of 162 words per minute or 2.7 words / second . I have seen you type and you aren't anywhere close to typing that fast. Besides I have considered that you only type in these 3 minutes and don't think at all which is not possible.
Which brings me to my conclusion
Your estimation of time is very wrong :P
I do agree with your exam time/play time differentiation though, but then again, who wouldn't !
I said "More than 15 min" which, technically, could be half an hour also.. :P
ReplyDeletehow is ur theory any different dan relativity ??? its the same !!!
ReplyDeleteK then.. I guess I am talking about it in a way.. :P
ReplyDeleteBut its not boring I hope
ppl..lets not forget abt suraj's memory...weird segmentation errors, stackoverflows and stuff like that would be going on in that thing in his head...so its kinda justified whatever hes writing...its ok suraj...koi baat nahi... :P
ReplyDeleteBefore I comment .... I'd like to state on the above comment .. "SUPER LIKE .. YOU SPEAK MY LANGUAGE"
ReplyDeleteand regarding the blog-post... it was a far better way of stating the same old theory of relativity :P but the only defying factor to 'clocks are cheating' ... is that there are different viewers to the same clock .. so how can it cheat in that case ... To one, it needs to go slower to cheat .. to the other .. it needs to go slow !!!
So, 'little' johny .. work on it .. it surely can be the next big thing .. ;-)
:P ...
ReplyDeleteSince a lot of people asked me about the pic.. its a watch... enlarge and then maybe you can see clearly..
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