[Ads-l] Squirrels in genealogical research

[Mark Mandel]

I agree with Dave. I am very much subject to these, and in fact have coined
a expression for what happens to me as one leads to another, which leads to
another... I call it *going fractal*, from the action of computing /
magnifying a fractal pattern to greater and greater depths, seeing new
images at every step.

And when I finally snap out of it and start (to mangle the metaphor)
following the trail of breadcrumbs (frequently a series of web pages) to
get back on my original track, I may spot another squirrel and start going
deeper again instead of climbing back up to the top and continuing on my
way.

Mark

On Apr 6, 2016 11:16 PM, "Dave Hause" <dwhause at cablemo.net> wrote:
>
> This looks to me like an analogy with the ADHD distractibility memes,
such as at
https://www.google.com/search?q=oh+look+a+squirrel+meme&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
> Dave Hause

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