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| Hanuka |
 Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject: New things come in pairs... :/ |
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Okay; I wanted to ask this question for gr8 many a year now
but couldn't find a suitable place to ask it... untill now 
Anyhowz, I want to know why it is almost every time that
I learn a new thing about the world, a new word, see a new event
or even discover an old trend around 50% that 1-2 days afterwards
I'll encounter it again?!
This thing has happened to me throughout all my life and I never seem
to be able to pinpoint out the reason for it...
Now... dont go saying that once I've seen this new event I'm becoming
more aware to it and track it once it said/shown/whatever.
Cos it's not how it is!
B4 I hear those new/old words or see the new/old events I never have
seen or heard them before!
Simple very recent example that happened to me:
I recently joined the domaining business so I found an article about plentyoffish.com
somewhere that saying that that dude is making like 10k/day from adsense...
1 day later I see 425Chaotic post to Absum! and mentioning plentioffish.com!!!
Neva heard of thise site b4 and now I'm a double encounter to the new term! it is a pretty good example for the phenomena...
Is there a rip in the space/time continuum or something that is causing this
shyt to happen or w00t?? Cos my idea bank is starting to dry out!!! 
p.s. I also noticed that almost never I enounter new terms more then 2
times in a row(1-2 days period) after the 2nd encounter the word is no
where to be mentioned again... 
plz halp!!!!
Cheers m8tys!!
~tony 
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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It happens tp me all the time. I learn about the Derbyshire flag. Suddenly EVERYBODY does. I see it everywhere. Thats one of many examples. I don't know half of the phenomena that happens to do with it. But it is similar to that 'phone call phenomena', wehere you think of someone and then they phone. Very strange, your not alone.
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| serpicojr |
| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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When you learn something new, and then you don't hear about it again within the next couple of days, do you find it remarkable? Probably not.
If that which you describe experiencing is more than just coincidence combined with the simple fact that the mind thrives on making connections like this, then what sort of mechanism do you posit is behind the whole business? |
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
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Oh I didn't get run over by a car today. Wow holy shit! I'm so lucky to not have been hit by a car today!
Imagine doing that every single day of your life, not going to make sense is it.
Oh I learned something new today. Oh look noone has thought or even knows about it!
Its boring serpico. Why so negative? An interesting phenomena needs answering and all you can do is say the opposite to what we asked and use it to dismiss the original question. Hardly scientific is it? We establised the curiosity to explore this phenomena, and you are not even being creative about it. I am offened by your lack of interest serpico, I thought you were better. I would have expected at least this from you:
"Perhaps because you have just learned something new, you are more perceptive about it to your surroundings".
Be positive, not negative. Don't dimiss the unknown by saying it is the figment of the imagination of many people. There are billions of people in the world that expreience wonderful strange and very curious things, and all most skeptical people do is say it is made up by those billions of people. You don't actually go about explaining it. You don't even explain why you say people make it up, as some kind of psychology. I guess you and others will never understand this unique perspective.
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| Pong |
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The Joshua Tree Principle
from The Non-Designer's Design Book
Many years ago I received a tree identification book for Christmas. I was at my parents' home, and after all the gifts had been opened I decided to go out and identify the trees in the neighborhood. Before I went out, I read through part of the book. The first tree in the book was the Joshua tree because it took only two clues to identify it. Now the Joshua tree is a really weird-looking tree and I looked at that picture and said to myself, "Oh, we don't have that kind of tree in Northern California. That is a weird-looking tree. I would know if I saw that tree, and I've never seen one before." So I took my book and went outside. My parents lived in a cul-de-sac of six homes. Four of those homes had Joshua trees in the front yard. I had lived in that house for thirteen years, and I had never seen a Joshua tree. I took a walk around the block, and there must have been a sale at the nursery when everyone was landscaping their new homes -- at least 80 percent of the homes had Joshua trees in the front yards. And I had never seen one before! Once I was conscious of the tree, once I could name it, I saw it everywhere. Which is exactly my point. Once you can name something, you're conscious of it. You have power over it. You own it. You're in control. |
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| Dlrow |
| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Orginal question.
''Anyhowz, I want to know why it is almost every time that
I learn a new thing about the world, a new word, see a new event
or even discover an old trend around 50% that 1-2 days afterwards
I'll encounter it again?!''
There is no specific answer to this. There is probally a multitude of different answers one can think of or come up with if the events in question were examined enough.
One experiences so many things in a normal day which go unnoticed, they dont jump out at all of a sudden because one is not focusing attention on them. If one were to learn about some of them they would probally come to light more often.
Many things our minds pass off as not needed to bring into light.
All events are connected, we have a great problem but nessesity of making markers and definitve times.
How often do i find something out and it doesnt come to light in some way until a few weeks down the road.. |
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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Its different to that Pong. With me with the Derbyshire flag I had never seen it before. Ever, even consciously aware of that fact. Then it shows up and everyone has it.
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| Hanuka |
| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:19 am Post subject: |
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Aye, same here, I'm 99% sure that I've never seen or heard about
plentyoffish (dot) com before. Same goes for the other things that
happened to me with association to this phenomena...
It's like THEY track me, not I...
p.s. glad to see that I'm not alone; and above all - not crazy .. for now
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Very interesting phenomena to explore isn't it? And to accept that that phenomena exists, gives us a phenomena to explore and investigate .
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| Theoryofrelativity |
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Simple, you become aware of things you were previously unaware of as you are now interested in them.
Pregnant women see nothing but pregnant women everywhere..
It's as simple as that, no mystery.
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
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Nothings simple when you live life the hard way ToR.  Some people always wonder why I do things natrually the hard way. But, there is no mystery is there ToR?
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| Theoryofrelativity |
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| Nothings simple when you live life the hard way ToR. Some people always wonder why I do things natrually the hard way. But, there is no mystery is there ToR? |
There is mystery in the world, this just isn't one.
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
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Really?
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| Hanuka |
| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition wrote: |
| Nothings simple when you live life the hard way ToR. Some people always wonder why I do things natrually the hard way. But, there is no mystery is there ToR? |
There is mystery in the world, this just isn't one. |
Why not?
Perhaps u've figured it all out and dun wanna tell? 
(and no, you last post is not a proof for anything) 
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