I reject your "Board Warning".

[Robert_Gift]

The subject of a 5-year-old boy naming grade crossing signals "Mee-Mool" lights (not "Moo") is as relevant as any other subject about railroad crossing signals.
(If there is a better location for this post, please move it.)

My brilliant great uncle, a genius and PRR steam locomotivengineer, thought it not only cute that little Bobby called them Mee-Mool lights, but he also understood the subtle phenomena.

In his brain, the child perceived an aural stimulation from the lights and, being too young to be influenced by outside inhibitions, named the signals after what he "heard".

Others also "hear" lights.
(Remember, it's not actual sound, no pitch, but a subtle aural stimulation.)
It is not even an isolated or rare phenomena.
You may even notice the effect!
When I was a student engineer in aerospace, a PhD electrical engineer colleague affirmed that he "hears" turn signals blinking!

My paramedic instructor, a neurologist, said my theory that optic nerve signals may diffuse and also be detected in the aural location of the brain was a good supposition worthy of study!.
He thinks we all experience this phenomena but simply ignore it or don't notice it because it is so subtle.

To lock a legitimate post because some do not understand the concept, is sad.

I do not mind if there is ridicule about this. I would laugh, too.
But I actually expected others who may be aware of this effect, and who may even have named things in their childhood because of it, to contribute conversation about it.

Robert

[Robert_Gift]

Others also "hear" lights.
(Remember, it's not actual sound, no pitch, but a subtle aural stimulation.)

Who is others?

Perhaps yourself!

This is subtle and not something readily noticed or detected.

An example is if you are in a dark environment with a light flashing.
In addition to your vision cortex being stimulated and your seeing the light, you may notice an aural stimulation. (This is difficult to define.)

Nonetheless, others have noticed this.
As a little boy not knowing any better, I noticed it and named the grade crossing signals after what I "noticed"!

[SantaFebuff]

Oh Snap!

Oh no he didn't!

[illinoistrains]

It asked in the other post if anybody else had names for crossing signals. well mine is
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[SantaFebuff]

Mine's Billy Bob.



Cheers,
Joshua

[SantaFebuff]

Californians must love having their own realities... SPLines.

Cheers,
Joshua

[TrainmanKight]

Well thats just dandy I also reject you as a member
YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK GOODBYE

Also this topic is OPEN




haha just Kidding its CLOSE