The Possibilian
Burkhard Bilger on David Eagleman, a professor of neuroscience who became obsessed with studying the brain’s biological clocks after a near-fatal childhood accident.
At eight, David Eagleman fell from a roof and experienced time slowing down. The bricks floated upward—some shiny nails scattered across them—as his body rotated weightlessly. It felt like tumbling down the rabbit hole. He became a neuroscientist studying why threatening situations dilate our perception of time.