from NYT article of the same name ("How Nonsense...") @
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/health/06mind.html?em

"...when a hiker stumbles across an easy chair
sitting deep in the woods, as if dropped from
the sky - the brain gropes for something, anything
that makes sense. It may retreat to a familiar
ritual, like checking equipment. But it may also
turn its attention outward, the researchers argue,
and notice, say, a pattern in animal tracks that
was previously hidden. The urge to find a
coherent pattern makes it more likely that
the brain will find one."

Lest Art or Stefan stumble into this as vindication, the easy chair is
their wild notions, we are the hikers that are left with the
nonsensical application who then gain heightened perception. Students
who were subjected to a story by Kafka (and anyone who has read
through a tortured thread started by Art has experienced a lifetime's
exposure to Kafka poisoning) were then tested in their ability to
discover hidden patterns:

"The fact that the group who read the absurd story
identified more letter strings suggests that they were
more motivated to look for patterns than the others,"
Dr. Heine said. "And the fact that they were more
accurate means, we think, that they’re forming new
patterns they wouldn’t be able to form otherwise."

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC