Why Does Time Slow Down During Car Accidents?
Get 2 months of Skillshare for free: http://skl.sh/scishow7 The sensation of time slowing down during intense situations is a commonly reported phenomenon, but ...
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SciShow is supported by Skillshare. [♪INTRO] Even if you’ve never seen The Matrix, you might be familiar with at least one classic scene. In the movie, a gunman attempts to shoot the main character Neo, only for Neo to suddenly realize that he can slow down time. The bullets crawl by, and the protagonist casually bends out of the way and avoids death. This so-called “bullet time” might be only science fiction, but people do experience something similar. It’s called time dilation, or a slowing of time during really intense situations. Everything from car accidents to gun fire to images of scary faces can trigger this phenomenon, but what’s tricker is figuring out what’s actually happening in our brains. So far, researchers aren’t totally sure, but they do have a few ide...
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SciShow is supported by Skillshare. [♪INTRO] Even if you’ve never seen The Matrix, you might be familiar with at least one classic scene. In the movie, a gunman attempts to shoot the main character Neo, only for Neo to suddenly realize that he can slow down time. The bullets crawl by, and the protagonist casually bends out of the way and avoids death. This so-called “bullet time” might be only science fiction, but people do experience something similar. It’s called time dilation, or a slowing of time during really intense situations. Everything from car accidents to gun fire to images of scary faces can trigger this phenomenon, but what’s tricker is figuring out what’s actually happening in our brains. So far, researchers aren’t totally sure, but they do have a few ide...
