Why Time Flies

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Time flies when you're having fun. But you're at work, and work sucks. So how is it 5:00 already?
When we talk about "losing time," we aren't referring to that great night out, or that week of wonderful vacation, or the three-hour film that honestly didn't feel like more than an hour. No, when we fret about not having enough time, or wonder where exactly all those hours went, we're talking about mundane things. The workday. A lazy, unremarkable Sunday. Days when we gave time no apparent reason to fly, and it flew anyway.
Why does that happen? And where did all the time go? The secret lies in your brain's ticking clock—an elusive, inexact, and easily ignorable clock.  more...