Perhaps its the fairies at the bottom of my garden :) Steve
On 08/08/2010, J. L. Trantham <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you sure it was there all the time? The same thing happens to me. > > I wonder about these things. :^) > > Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Steve Rooke > Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 9:56 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] On Finding Things > > > What your saying is that it is a form of selective blindness where the brain > filters out an item it does not want to see but if your looking for > something specifically, I wonder why this happens. I have experienced this > many times, I try to find something that I had just a moment ago and cannot > find it until it suddenly appears, as if by magic, right in front of me and > was there all the time. > > Steve > > On 08/08/2010, Arthur Dent <[email protected]> wrote: >> Brooke Clarke posted this quote, which I really like: >> "Now, a few words on looking for things. When you go looking for >> something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because >> of all the things in the world, you're only looking for one of them. >> When you go looking for anything at all, your chances of finding it >> are very good. Because of all the things in the world, you're sure to >> find some of them." >> >> Although not the same, I think that this theory of trying to find >> things may be related to the SEP, or Somebody Else's Problem, that >> Douglas Adams describes in "Life, the Universe and Everything" >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> "An SEP is something we can't see, or don't see, or our brain doesn't >> let us see, because we think that it's somebody else's problem.... The >> brain just edits it out, >> it's like a blind spot. If you look at it directly you won't see it unless >> you know precisely >> what it is. Your only hope is to catch it by surprise out of the corner of >> your eye." >> >> -Arthur Dent >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > -- > Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD > The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. > - Einstein > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
