Dr. Alok 'Dr. K' Kanodia

So if we can't look into the past and accurately measure how much time it took, it becomes very hard to make estimates for the future.

If we can't make estimates for the future, we can't plan things.

Now, the question is, why does this deficit exist?

Where is the root of this retrospective time perception problem?

Why is it that my brain can't look back and say, this is how long it took?

Well, remember, what is our core problem?

Our internal clock is impaired.

The internal biological clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus cannot measure time.

You don't have a stopwatch.

So if you don't have a stopwatch in your body, how are you supposed to know how long something took to do?

It's impossible, right?

If you don't measure the time, right?

And this is what sounds kind of so crazy because normal humans just do this all the time.

You just know how long something took.

I'm going to bake some bread.

It's like, how long did that take?

Took about an hour, right?

We just know that.

But if that is impaired, that means that we can't accurately measure how long things take.

If we can't accurately measure how long things take, we can't estimate how long things will take.