the speaking tree - Stumbling on an Idea
DEEPAK M RANADE
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Serendipity is stumbling upon a new idea, accidentally . This term was first coined by Horace Walpole in 1754, with reference to a Persian fairy tale, `The Three Princes of Serendip', who were “always making discoveries, accidentally and unexpectedly of things which they were not in quest of “.Evolution of scientific thought and ideas can't be explained as a logical outcome of sequential thinking. The Vedas are said to be the result of a flash of realisation that occurred to rishis in meditation.This kind of enlightenment is Aparoksha Gyaan', or knowl` edge acquired without the intervention of a medium.
The human intellect is traditionally classified into two broad categories: `Tarka Pradnya' and `Antah Pradnya'. Tarka Pradnya is logic-based intellect while Antah Pradnya is innate intrinsic intellect, the substrate with which divinity gets entangled.
Recently , it was observed that the capacity of consciously processing visual stimuli increases significantly when the observation of the outside world is not guided by precisely defined expectations. The brain produces an enhancement of the level of consciousness amplifying and extending, in the secondary visual cortex.
“Serendipity seems, therefo re, to occur when the attention of an active observer is not tied up, based on the experience of past events consciously perceived, to precisely defined expectations of incoming sensory inputs,“ explained Fabrizio Doricchi, coordinator of the study conducted in Rome.
The human intellect is traditionally classified into two broad categories: `Tarka Pradnya' and `Antah Pradnya'. Tarka Pradnya is logic-based intellect while Antah Pradnya is innate intrinsic intellect, the substrate with which divinity gets entangled.
Recently , it was observed that the capacity of consciously processing visual stimuli increases significantly when the observation of the outside world is not guided by precisely defined expectations. The brain produces an enhancement of the level of consciousness amplifying and extending, in the secondary visual cortex.
“Serendipity seems, therefo re, to occur when the attention of an active observer is not tied up, based on the experience of past events consciously perceived, to precisely defined expectations of incoming sensory inputs,“ explained Fabrizio Doricchi, coordinator of the study conducted in Rome.
