{"id":2446,"date":"2014-07-05T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2014-06-27T13:38:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T13:38:07","slug":"time-is-relative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/?p=2446","title":{"rendered":"Time is relative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The perception of time has been a topic of philosophical and scientific debate for generations. The Theories of Relativity have provided convincing evidence as to whether there is any absolute measure of time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/time1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/time1.png\" alt=\"time\" width=\"320\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/time1.png 320w, https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/time1-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>The theory states that:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeasurements depend on the motions of the observer and the observed, and that space and time are relative, rather than absolute concepts. Although they may disagree, every observer\u2019s measurement is equally valid\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>It won\u2019t really help you trying to comprehend how the norms of certain countries perpetuate a tendency to appear somewhat disorganised, inefficient or in your opinion, even a little lazy. The key to mentally reconciling certain cross-border dealings is to simply understand and acknowledge the law of relativity.<\/p>\n<p>To put it simply:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your interpretation of when something will be done, based upon what you are explicitly told, will never be the same as that of the person telling you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below is some pretty accurate data that I have compiled over the years for one country in particular. It\u2019s no \u2018e=mc2\u2019 but in some situations, no less valid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will do it immediately\u201d = 1 week<br \/>\n\u201cI will do it tonight\u201d = 2 weeks<br \/>\n\u201cIt will take a few weeks\u201d = 6 months<br \/>\n\u201cIt may take 6 months\u201d = 5 years<br \/>\n\u201cWe will start it next year\u201d = never<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the principle of relativity is different in every part of the world, only experience will teach you which formula to apply. So unless you have a suitably adapted DeLorean (or work in Switzerland) ignore this rule at your peril!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The perception of time has been a topic of philosophical and scientific debate for generations. The Theories of Relativity have provided convincing evidence as to whether there is any absolute measure of time.<br \/>\nThe theory states that:<br \/>\n\u201cMeasurements depend on the motions of the observer and the observed, and that space and time are relative, rather than absolute concepts. Although they may disagree, every observer\u2019s measurement is equally valid\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t really help you trying to comprehend how the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-on-the-ground-experiences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2446"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2519,"href":"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions\/2519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studio-caruso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}