This made me think of a recent realization that, while trivial, is yet another in the onslaught of things I have finally made space in my brain for learning/questioning/understanding. The arrival of spring in CNY brings, as you know, gazillions of robins (alas, no hummingbirds, yet). I was watching one recently hopping all over the yard and feasting on worms. And I thought, how do robins know where the worms are? Smell? Sight? Invisible divining rods? (I never see worms on the surface of the grass, and of course we can't smell them except when they pull a major lemming move on the street after a heavy rain). Here's the thing, and it maybe it relates to preserving naiveté, at least for a while: I could just google it and get an answer in a few seconds, but for now I don't want to know! I'd rather watch them a while longer and see if I can make an educated guess. It's probably a very obvious answer, but I never paid much attention in science classes. On how robins get the worm, I want to be naive (and ignorant) just a bit longer.
This made me think of a recent realization that, while trivial, is yet another in the onslaught of things I have finally made space in my brain for learning/questioning/understanding. The arrival of spring in CNY brings, as you know, gazillions of robins (alas, no hummingbirds, yet). I was watching one recently hopping all over the yard and feasting on worms. And I thought, how do robins know where the worms are? Smell? Sight? Invisible divining rods? (I never see worms on the surface of the grass, and of course we can't smell them except when they pull a major lemming move on the street after a heavy rain). Here's the thing, and it maybe it relates to preserving naiveté, at least for a while: I could just google it and get an answer in a few seconds, but for now I don't want to know! I'd rather watch them a while longer and see if I can make an educated guess. It's probably a very obvious answer, but I never paid much attention in science classes. On how robins get the worm, I want to be naive (and ignorant) just a bit longer.