In terms of a religion, how about becoming a "Hemispherist"?
It's not my field, but apparently (and inevitably this is simplistic) that the
right side of the brain is responsible for things like patterns recognition
(eg. quail, or alternatively good quail territory [eg. "I have seen quail in
this type of habitat before"]). Alternatively the left deals with comprehension
and language. Whether or not these divisions are clear-cut, perhaps the
conscious part of your brain was capable of bringing up the issue of quail
presence, while the part of your brain that actually saw the quail (or
recognised suitable habitat) was mute in terms of a precise thought, but
provided sufficient impetus to trigger your question. Check the following
webpage if you're interested...great experiment involving people who have had
the two hemispheres disconnected (for medical reasons) and a fork (sounds like
the beginnings to a joke). Essentially, the point being, that although we just
register a single sense of "oneness", our brain is performing multiple tasks at
once and perhaps, on occassion, if these tasks (pattern recognition,
consciousness, language) are provided a certain combination of subtle
stimulous, we can honestly state that we didn't see something (consciously),
while part of our brain did.
http://www.immaculata.edu/Academics/Departments/Psychology/faculty/george_t__com
ber.htm
Any neuroscientists out there who can shed some light?
Alternatively you could join the "Random order of the Coincidentalists"...
All the best,
Adam
Geoffrey kindly offered to give me a tour of the Fyshwick Sewerage Ponds
(FSP at times on this list) this afternoon. In such situations I
ask lots of questions, many of them not related to the matter at hand. As
we were walking back to the official carpark around 5pm I had a small
urge of this kind and asked G a singularly irrelevant question given we
were in a wetland environment and I had just met quite a few ducks for
the first time. I asked "Have you ever come across any quail
that you actually see on the ground <i>before </i>they flush and
disappear?" At the exact moment that the last word was coming
out of my mouth, two Brown Quail burst out of the grass and thistles in
front of us and did the quail thing disappearing into the sun. It
was a truly stupendous coincidence. <br><br>
We then realised there were others (probably juvenile) still around and
even managed to get a couple of recognisable photos of quail in profile
which is probably the last time in my life this will ever occur.
<br><br>
We also disturbed a raptor from its meal of young rabbit -- it also moved
very quickly into the sun and disappeared before even the experienced
hand could get a good look at it.<br><br>
I am considering religious conversion but haven't decided what this
strange incident points me towards.<br><br>
Julian<br><br>
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Geoffrey kindly offered to give me a tour of the Fyshwick Sewerage Ponds
(FSP at times on this list) this afternoon. In such situations I
ask lots of questions, many of them not related to the matter at hand. As
we were walking back to the official carpark around 5pm I had a small
urge of this kind and asked G a singularly irrelevant question given we
were in a wetland environment and I had just met quite a few ducks for
the first time. I asked "Have you ever come across any quail
that you actually see on the ground <i>before </i>they flush and
disappear?" At the exact moment that the last word was coming
out of my mouth, two Brown Quail burst out of the grass and thistles in
front of us and did the quail thing disappearing into the sun. It
was a truly stupendous coincidence. <br><br>
We then realised there were others (probably juvenile) still around and
even managed to get a couple of recognisable photos of quail in profile
which is probably the last time in my life this will ever occur.
<br><br>
We also disturbed a raptor from its meal of young rabbit -- it also moved
very quickly into the sun and disappeared before even the experienced
hand could get a good look at it.<br><br>
I am considering religious conversion but haven't decided what this
strange incident points me towards.<br><br>
Julian<br><br>
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