He said he not only didn't use his sights, he doesn't remember any loud noise or recoil.
Regarding time dilation, that's a function of most people not paying attention to anything most of their life. When something serious happens, all of a sudden their brain wakes up after being 9/10s asleep for the last decade. It's simply being in a flow state (Buddism) or "in the zone" (sports analogy).
Jamesmrj: Or if my memory of one of my Psych classes serves me right, the release of Norepinephrine speeds up brain processes, thus time dialation.
If you've ever been in a bike or car wreck, (or bodyboarding wipeout...), you might have experienced the phenomenon. Time doesn't change, and reaction speed doesn't miraculously increase, but the events from the first-person perspective seem to take painfully long.
You should have the hood of your car come open while going down the interstate, just to test your reactions! It happened to me.
Been there, done that. It wasn't a memory of "time compression," I noticed it at the time it was happening. Didn't give me super-human powers to correct the problem (not a lot to do when ballistic, and still attached to the bike in mid-air; nor when one's car is spinning down the interstate after catching the shoulder when avoiding another car's sudden wreck), but I was amazed at all the things I was noticing as my control of events went away completely.
He said he not only didn't use his sights, he doesn't remember any loud noise or recoil.
MLeake said:bookert, there's a difference between actual elapsed time changing, and the perception of elapsed time changing.
If you've ever been in a bike or car wreck, (or bodyboarding wipeout...), you might have experienced the phenomenon. Time doesn't change, and reaction speed doesn't miraculously increase, but the events from the first-person perspective seem to take painfully long.
As in, "Oh, this is really going to OUCH!!! hurt; here comes the ground a- OOOF!! -gain; I hope I don't break my AAAARGH!!! neck...)
Been there, done that. It wasn't a memory of "time compression," I noticed it at the time it was happening. Didn't give me super-human powers to correct the problem (not a lot to do when ballistic, and still attached to the bike in mid-air; nor when one's car is spinning down the interstate after catching the shoulder when avoiding another car's sudden wreck), but I was amazed at all the things I was noticing as my control of events went away completely.
All three local news stations gave it positive coverage.