Indrid Drood
Loitering with Ludic Intent
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- Nov 13, 2017
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Yeah, I'm not sure persons having this "superpower" really need to be honoured/recognized with a website (though I do not begrudge Gordon the Tramp his as it may have more to do with other aspects of his personality!).Gordon: "I tell the time but sometimes I get it wrong."
Except for the tramp thing, Gordon and I are the same*. I too tell the time but am sometimes wrong. WHERE'S MY HONOURARY WEBSITE?
[*Given a compelling reason, like the desire to make something special of poor Gordon The Tramp, people score the hits and forget about all the misses. Most people can reasonable guess the time. Urban settings have hundreds of clues: buses, lunch time crowds, store openings/closings, visible wristwatches, time displays on buildings, sun position, shadows, etc. Rural settings have fewer such clues, but enough, enough.. like the position of the sun/shadow declinations, etc.]
I'm sure many people can guess the time and don't even know it (because they don't just let themselves come up with it, without making too much of an effort). We do have an internal clock (circadian rhythms and all that), and there is probably a syncing of this to external clock time in a majority of cases. I am always surprised when I guess the time, and without really thinking about it, in most cases hit on a time that's correct within a couple of minutes, if not dead on. I think it's more surprising if a person can't do it. (Maybe the innate ability atrophies as a result of always having watches/devices to consult?)