What does each letter of APHID stand for?

katz31 · Post by **katz31** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:40 pm

I missed it--how did you guys figure out what the letters mean?

artcgrrl · Post by **artcgrrl** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:49 pm

I'm not sure how Nora came up with it, but I saw what she posted and did a google search. There is information about "Apophenia" in a wiki article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

covedweller · Post by **covedweller** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:28 pm

I think Nora is just speculating and messing with us.

Luv2Luvem · Post by **Luv2Luvem** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:33 pm

covedweller wrote:I think Nora is just speculating and messing with us.

I thought so too.

taiya · Post by **taiya** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:45 pm

Just posted:

To those who have proven themselves worthy:

Find instruction within the message. Only then will you be prepared.

The first step toward any solution? The A in APHID, of course.

So do we know what the A in Aphid means? Where did Nora come up with Aphophenia?

Luv2Luvem · Post by **Luv2Luvem** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:55 pm

taiya wrote:Just posted:

To those who have proven themselves worthy:

Find instruction within the message. Only then will you be prepared.

The first step toward any solution? The A in APHID, of course.

So do we know what the A in Aphid means? Where did Nora come up with Aphophenia?

I had thought of something earlier and when I asked another person about it, they had thought the same thing.

In her full profile she mentions the "Roman philosopher" Nomanyuos.

Nomanyuos, someone pointed out anagrams to Anonymous. So we were thinking that the A in Aphid could be Anonymous. Though I don't see that this has anything to do with the message in question.

covedweller · Post by **covedweller** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:57 pm

Luv2Luvem wrote:
taiya wrote:Just posted:

To those who have proven themselves worthy:

Find instruction within the message. Only then will you be prepared.

The first step toward any solution? The A in APHID, of course.

So do we know what the A in Aphid means? Where did Nora come up with Aphophenia?
I had thought of something earlier and when I asked another person about it, they had thought the same thing.

In her full profile she mentions the "Roman philosopher" Nomanyuos.

Nomanyuos, someone pointed out anagrams to Anonymous. So we were thinking that the A in Aphid could be Anonymous. Though I don't see that this has anything to do with the message in question.

If the A is a method or step in a process. What would that be? Like scientific, religious, or?

Alexis · Post by **Alexis** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:10 pm

Nora may be onto something there....

Apophenia is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data

So maybe we are ment to use this with the message on the phone.

So what is the pattern or connection in the phone message?

I could be on the wrong track though.

Absynth · Post by **Absynth** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:11 pm

covedweller wrote:Did anyone figure out the A last night?

I got a message saying it was a process or method to a solution.

if you got a message saying that, that could be the definition af the A word were seeking. i tried to googl ie but i cant stan on right now. maybe thatll send us in the right direction

beavinator · Post by **beavinator** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:15 pm

Alexis wrote:Apophenia is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data

So maybe we are ment to use this with the message on the phone.

So what is the pattern or connection in the phone message?

The message consists entirely of quotations from people. Somebody posted in another thread who they all were. Could it have something to do with these people's names? That's all I got...unless each quote can be anagrammed. God I hope it's not that...

Luv2Luvem · Post by **Luv2Luvem** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:16 pm

covedweller wrote: If the A is a method or step in a process. What would that be? Like scientific, religious, or?

I'm sorry, I totally missed this question. Now you got a message from OpAphid. Basically saying what it says now in the profile right?
"The first step toward any solution? The A in APHID, of course"

beavinator · Post by **beavinator** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:19 pm

Luv2Luvem wrote:"The first step toward any solution? The A in APHID, of course"

Something else that just occurred to me also. Probably just stupid, but couldn't one say the first step toward any solution is to Ask questions? That's far too simple to be our "A", isn't it...?

Destrin41016 · Post by **Destrin41016** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:21 pm

i looked up answer on thesaurus.com and the only a word was this...antiphon?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/antiphon

covedweller · Post by **covedweller** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:24 pm

beavinator wrote:
Luv2Luvem wrote:"The first step toward any solution? The A in APHID, of course"
Something else that just occurred to me also. Probably just stupid, but couldn't one say the first step toward any solution is to Ask questions? That's far too simple to be our "A", isn't it...?

If it's like some of the other puzzles we've seen, I think we're all gonna feel pretty stupid in that the answer is probably something simple and obvious that we totally overlooked!

Damn that OpAphid! Clever prick!

taiya · Post by **taiya** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:24 pm

the first step of any solution: analysis?