I demand a Christmas present if you’ve enjoyed my artisanal tweeting this year. 2 things I am looking for: A) Examples of abstraction leaks (eg “deja vu” scene in The Matrix) B) Examples of fictional/mythological worlds where time flows faster/slower (eg inception dream levels)
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B is easy. Here's two examples that are archetypal 1. The Faerie realms, time passes at and unpredictable and constantly changing rate relative to outside observers 2. The Dream realms, always vastly time compressed, sometimes with discontinuities
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more 3. Comic book "Earth" realms are time-locked to +/- 10 years of the present and all characters are ageless except/until cosmic reshaping editorial crisis occurs 4. The Astral plane. Essentially timeless. Can treat as approaching infinity time compression
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even more 5. The Simpsons' Springfield. Extreme time dilation. Decades worth of activities, but nobody has aged in any visible fashion. See also South Park, for slightly less extreme example. 6. Cyberpunk "cyber space" simulations. Usually very time compressed, often layered
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