• SaraTonin@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    But does that alter his ability to do things at speed? If he does all the housework in s second, can he make it feel like a second, or does the fact that he has to pay attention to what he’s doing mean that subjectively it takes just as long as doing it at normal speed?

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      I think of it being like how a pro golfer does like a dozen things in the split second it takes them to swing a gold club, and they all have to be perfectly coordinated, but they really don’t think of each and every little movement in sequence as it happens.

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        That’s muscle memory, which is different because it doesn’t require reacting to different things during the process like cleaning a house would.