Previous note: Time is the rate at which changes occur from a beginning to an end. But only the constant and periodic rate is adequate as a measure (last definition).
We perceive time as an illusion because intervals are sequential. We perceive a beginning (before) and an end (after), but not both at the same time. This illusion seems to flow faster or slower depending on how old we are and what we experience is something pleasant or unpleasant. The FIT is the fast illusion of time (it seems shorter to us) and the SIT is the slow illusion of time (it seems longer to us). The IAT is the illusion adjusted to the measure of time. Remember that time is magnitive, it is not an illusion in itself. Clocks allow us to have a correct IAT. With clocks we synchronize the FIT and the SIT with the rate of the passage of time (constant and periodic). Tic tac tic tac tic tac ...
For its measurement, time (continuous) is divided into equal intervals (periodic).
In conclusion, we do not perceive the beginning and the end of an interval simultaneously. We do not perceive a material timeline. The length of this line is what we perceive as the illusion of time.
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