improving temporal thought

On metric time

By Tatvadnyani - Posted on March 30th, 2008

For quite some time, I have been frustrated when attempting to microwave something for half a minute. Instead of entering the cook time as 30 seconds, which would be half a minute, I am consistently inclined to enter 50 seconds. This is because I automatically interpret 1 minute as being composed of 100 units rather than 60.

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