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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: Sir Frederick
Date: Dec 11, 2006 14:40

On 11 Dec 2006 12:50:40 -0800, "Wordsmith" rocketmail.com> wrote:
>
>Kan wrote:
>> "tooly" bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>> news:_7hfh.3848$BL4.1136@bignews2.bellsouth.net...
>>
>>> Here's one. My mother died on mother's day [long time ago]. Coincidence?
>>> Du doo, du doo [twilight zone theme]....
>>>
>>> I still think all the similarities in JFK assassination and Lincoln's was
>>> weird. I forget all the facts though. Anyone remember...you know, like
>>> both vice prez's were named Johnson...that kind of thingy.
>>>
>>> Sometimes when I think of all the weirdness around me, I draw back and
>>> realize I [we?] are really here. I mean...just where the fuck did all
>>> this come from; how did it 'really' get here. Why are we here, ha. At
>>> that moment, I realize we know nothing. But do we ever get to know? I
>>> mean, for certain.
>>>
>>>
>> It does all seem to be preordained and arranged.
>> The one guy that survives the plane crash.
>> The guy walking down the street and a shop sign falls down on his head and
>> kills him.
>> Does the truth manifest in coincidence and synchronicity and numerology and
>> all these paths?
>> Or are all these paths specifically arranged by some superior intelligence
>> to manifest the truth?
>
>That the events are in any way "front loaded" is open to question, but
>this can't be doubted: they are true when they occur.
>
>W : )
IMO that new word "truthiness" is more applicable than "true".
Thanks be to our ancient ancestors for this evolutionary
pragmatic bias on perception.
In addition, any "front loading" is probably totally impersonal.
Any personification of the situation supports our hubris, only.
With the situation being meaningless, it is arbitrary, thus
extraordinary coincidences are as likely as ordinary coincidences.
However, we like our hubris.
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