Some speculation regarding the impact of blocks on the reliability of our senses

(7/06/2008 12:51:00 AM)

The effects of blocks on our free time have already been established by the lack of posts in the past one month, so I shall not bother to discuss that. Here, yours truly will just present a couple of pieces of evidence to support the view that blocks reduce the accuracy of our senses.

Evidence 1:
[on the whiteboard, time at which the test was supposed to end] 15:15:35

Everyone works on their physics paper, with sporadic glances at the board and their chronometer of choice to ensure that there will be enough time to complete as much of the paper as possible. (Since, to the best of my knowledge, no one has completed said paper.)

[2.45 pm]
Invigilator: You have half an hour left.

A wave of utter, absolute shock shakes the classroom as it becomes clear that the paper ends at 15:15 instead of 15:35.

Invigilator: I'm not kidding.

Faced with god-knows-how-many questions left to complete, yours truly stares, horrified, at the paper.

"Calculate the kinetic energy of the spaceship. [1]"

What everyone would have just plunked 0.5mv^2 in to, yours truly thought 'Argh! I don't know how to do this question!' and skipped it.

While it is possible that I am not an accurate representation of the general population of 6h (as evinced by my unusual intelligence, beauty and charm), I feel it necessary to add that others also experienced this 'time dilation' as well.

It seems that the blocks effect does not only apply to students, but also to teachers, as shown in evidence 2.

Evidence 2:

[said teacher has probably been marking our scripts for many many days]

Student: (possibly having partially lost control of her motor functions thanks to blocks) BT, BT, BT...

Teacher: *shocked* Did you say 'bitchy'?

Thankfully a diaster was averted thanks to the fact that everyone else had recovered sufficiently from the blocks syndrome to help said teacher realize that no one was insinuating that any familial relationship existed between her and any canine.

It thus seems plausible that said syndrome is caused by prolonged exposure to any set of papers bearing the words 'block test 2008'. Thankfully, the above evidence seems to imply that the human body recovers from this syndrome given enough time, so we can look forward to some semblance of normalcy in 6h in the future.