I’ve always found analog clocks faster than digital clocks to grok (1985-born here). At a quick reflection, I believe it’s because I internally represent the time in a day as an analog clock—that is, when I have no clock and ask myself “what time must it be?”, I represent my guess as a rough imaginary analog clock.
(And that is probably because I grew up in a house where there was always an analog clock in sight in almost every room—my brother and I have actually joked that the cheap 25-year-old kitchen clock is going to be the one heirloom we will fight over, since it’s such an iconic reference point for both of us.)
I’ve always found analog clocks faster than digital clocks to grok (1985-born here). At a quick reflection, I believe it’s because I internally represent the time in a day as an analog clock—that is, when I have no clock and ask myself “what time must it be?”, I represent my guess as a rough imaginary analog clock.
(And that is probably because I grew up in a house where there was always an analog clock in sight in almost every room—my brother and I have actually joked that the cheap 25-year-old kitchen clock is going to be the one heirloom we will fight over, since it’s such an iconic reference point for both of us.)