Are you sure it was there all the time? The same thing happens to me. I wonder about these things. :^)
Joe -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] 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 <golgarfrinc...@yahoo.com> 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 -- time-nuts@febo.com > 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 -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
