Thanks Adam! I reckon you are probably right, I hadn't thought of that
possibility. If so, there is greater scope for becoming bird-aware than I
have shown so far. All I have to do is get the right side to talk faster
to the left side, and I will be able to stop and "see" before frightening
the whatever-it-was. It's comforting to know that there is even the
possibility that more may go on in there than is apparent as I stumble
through the bush.
I should add to my account that we saw 6 of them (Brown Quail (BQ)), and I
notice after sending my previous email (of course) that BQ habitat includes
"rank grasses near wetlands; drains, green pastures ... " which would make
FSP pretty well the perfect location for them. None of this was known to
either side of my brain I am sure, since I had quail firmly located in dry
grass and stubbly bush.
Cheers
The Hemispherist
At 06:55 PM 29/08/06, you wrote:
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
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