the nature of human perception of time theme
How we sense and think of time is discussed.
Examples
Data put the aphorism "a watched pot never boils" to the test in tng6x25 "Timescape".
5 total · 1 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds91x01/02 | major | The wormhole aliens were unacquainted with the notion of the arrow of time. |
| ahh1x30 | minor | The police lieutenant mused aloud about how "It's true that a watched pot never boils." as he readied to prepare his tea. |
| ds93x16 | minor | The wormhole aliens discussed linear time with Quark. |
| tng1x24 | minor | The viewer learns that the expression "time flies when you're having fun" had always puzzled Data, for whom time passes at a psychologically constant rate, until he experienced a localized time distortion. |
| tng6x25 | minor | Data scientifically testing the aphorism "a watched pot never boils". |