This suggests an interesting relationship to Hyperbolic discounting (which has been observed in humans and animals): Hyperbolic discounting stops being a fallacy but becomes the norm if you live in a world of logarithmic time. And your post suggests that with regard to predicting the future logaritmic time is the more natural choice, so in that regard we live in a world with logarithmic time.
Great point, thanks! I added a section to the post called “Relation with hyperbolic discounting” linking to your comment and making some further remarks.
Then you may also be interested on time being subjectively perceived on a logorithmic scale—and there is a mathematical model for that. See my comment in the open thread here:
This suggests an interesting relationship to Hyperbolic discounting (which has been observed in humans and animals): Hyperbolic discounting stops being a fallacy but becomes the norm if you live in a world of logarithmic time. And your post suggests that with regard to predicting the future logaritmic time is the more natural choice, so in that regard we live in a world with logarithmic time.
Great point, thanks! I added a section to the post called “Relation with hyperbolic discounting” linking to your comment and making some further remarks.
Then you may also be interested on time being subjectively perceived on a logorithmic scale—and there is a mathematical model for that. See my comment in the open thread here:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/k13/open_thread_april_8_april_14_2014/at55
Thanks, added a mention in the hyperbolic discounting section and also in the potentially relevant literature section. I’ll take a closer look later.