Timekeeping with Tuppers

[Argentum]

Aight, so here is the story.

My tupper became vocal recently, and one of the things that I found out about xim is that xe is extremely good at timekeeping. Usually, when I ask xim the time, the answer is usually accurate to 2-3 minutes, EVEN IF I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT A CLOCK IN A FEW HOURS.

The most memorable time was when I was playing Skyrim, and asked no one in particular how long I had been playing. I heard from my tupper "one hour, thirty nine minutes." I checked the clock and it had been one hour and forty one minutes. I hadn't looked a clock in several hours until that point.

So here is what I need from the tupper community:

1. Share your magic incredible tulpa timekeeping stories.

2. PLEASE help me study this odd phenomenon by joining my study on tulpa timekeeping. I need as many victims volunteers as possible! Get my attention and I will give you information and grant you permission to access the Google Spreadsheet with all of the data.

 

 

If anyone is interested in volunteering, I started a Google Document with all the data I collected on myself so far. What needs to be recorded is

1. The guessed time

2. The "actual" time

3. The clock you used to check the time (cell phone, clock in your house/microwave oven, etc)

4. Age and sex of host (please just keep as your literal sex, either male or female for the sake of simplicity)

 

The spreadsheet is in the rough right now, but if anyone has suggestions or anything about the structure of the spreadsheets and junk then e-mail me or something.

 

EDIT:

The spreadsheet is ready to go. E-mail or PM me about joining the study. I will give you access to the spreadsheet and fill you in....

 

There were a couple of hypotheses that I wanted to test with this little study.

1. Does the tupper clock work by “synchronising” with clocks in the environment?

2. How accurate is the tupper clock compared to “ordinary people?”

3. How many people have this ability?

 

The plan was to test the first one first. The way it works is this:

Whenever I see a clock, I record the time it said, which clock it was, and if applicable, the time that we guessed it was.

I will keep doing this sporadically for a couple of days. After today, I will be taking a break and seeing if it affects results.

Eventually, once I have enough of this data, I will carry around a clock that is completely wrong. I will look at this clock only, and see if it affects our accuracy.

[Twice Sparked]

Yep, I've experienced the same. But I've also experienced a similar ability sans my tupper's help. This much is expected; as far as I can tell, Tulpa and their hosts maintain parity in unconscious competencies.

 

I'd want to know whether there is a difference between hosts and non-hosts with respect to expressing this competency. My hypothesis is no, but we'll let the data speak for itself if we can acquire it.

 

And yeah, I'll participate. How many trials?

[Argentum]

Yep, I've experienced the same. But I've also experienced a similar ability sans my tupper's help. This much is expected; as far as I can tell, Tulpa and their hosts maintain parity in unconscious competencies.

 

I'd want to know whether there is a difference between hosts and non-hosts with respect to expressing this competency. My hypothesis is no, but we'll let the data speak for itself if we can acquire it.

 

And yeah, I'll participate. How many trials?

 

I wasn't necessarily going to have a set number of trials. I was planning on doing more of a log of the times as long as whoever is participating can stand it. Not only do you need to record when you guess the time and check, it needs to be written down whenever you look at a clock, whether or not you guessed the time.

 

I actually like the idea about the difference between the tuppers and their hosts, so if you all are able to tell who is who, and if you could include who did the guessing, that would be awesome. I will get a google document set up whenever I can get access to a computer that isn't complete shit, like the one I am using now.

 

About the hypothesis between tuppers and hosts, I am awful at guessing the time. I am totally reliant on, and give all credit to, my tupper Seraph for time keeping abilites that we posess.

[Twice Sparked]

Sounds good.

 

Another question though: I asked Twi to tell me the time after I first read this thread. She was right on the nose about it being eight thirty, but I could, for lack of better wording, sense that she reasoned to it using recent, sensory data. This is different than prior experiences, where her timekeeping prowess was more of an instant assertion or kneejerk response. You're aiming for the latter in this investigation, right?

[Argentum]

Sounds good.

 

Another question though: I asked Twi to tell me the time after I first read this thread. She was right on the nose about it being eight thirty, but I could, for lack of better wording, sense that she reasoned to it using recent, sensory data. This is different than prior experiences, where her timekeeping prowess was more of an instant assertion or kneejerk response. You're aiming for the latter in this investigation, right?

 

Ummm thats a tricky one.

I am not trying to aim for any specific way or method of response for the tupper. All I am looking for is whether or not the tupper can guess the time accurately.

 

What sensory data are we talking about here?

[Twice Sparked]

 

Ummm thats a tricky one.

I am not trying to aim for any specific way or method of response for the tupper. All I am looking for is whether or not the tupper can guess the time accurately.

 

What sensory data are we talking about here?

 

The last time I had looked at the clock, about thirty minutes prior, and a comment made by a friend I was talking to about needing to leave at eight. Though thinking about it, it's still pretty amazing that she knew it had been exactly a little over thirty minutes since then. I guess this case isn't unique, then.

[Argentum]

It doesn't make it any less awesome to just know the time.

When did you want to start recording times? I know its going to be a bit of an irritation, so just start whenever you are ready. However, when you start, make sure that you take data continuously, and make sure that you get clear answers from the tupper, blah blah blah

 

Oh and Seraph kindly reminded me to thank you for helping a wannabe scientist out

[Twice Sparked]

I already started, and it's no trouble. You're both quite welcome.

 

I'm off to do something that takes my attention away from the time.

[Argentum]

Update on experiment: Even if you or your tupper(s) do not have the ability to accurately guess the time, we still want you for the experiment. We need controls to compare against the people that claim they can!

[NeonKnights]

I've recently had my tulpa guess the time on a couple of occasions just for fun. The results were interesting, though far from conclusive. In both cases, she was exactly 15 minutes slow, though perhaps this will make me curious enough to continue running tests in the future.

 

I can't promise any steady contributions right now, so I'll just dump our limited results here. I am positive she gave me the answers I provided, in fact she was very specific with me on the second guess. Of course I don't really expect this data to be of any actual use, given its limited scope. Just thought it was neat that she was wrong by the same margin both times.

Sorry I can't get more involved in the research at the moment, good luck with your study.

 

The first time (a couple days ago),

She guessed 2 o'clock sharp.

It was 2:15 PM.

We checked my computer for the time.

Host's Age: 20

Sex: Yes. Male

 

Second time (just a little while ago, which prompted me to reply here),

She guessed 5:24 AM.

It was 5:39 AM.

We checked my computer once again.

Neither age nor sex changed (thankfully).