pattern matching gone wrong
i thought to myself that it’s odd that two people i know used the word synchronicity recently. what makes it less odd is that it didn’t happen. one of them used serendipity.
there is a strange dichotomy in how sometimes people act as if everyone in the world has the same general experiences and beliefs that they do, and at other times people act as if they are the only one facing some particular issue or thought some particular way.
i don’t know what it all means. draw your own connections.
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"i thought to myself that it’s odd that two people i know used the word synchronicity recently. what makes it less odd is that it didn’t happen. one of them used serendipity."
This paragraph should win the pulitzer.
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Tim
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Friday, September 30, 2005 @ 9:01pm
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i'll speculate: in both cases, we act like that because we want to get credit for having what we believe is a special insight. or we just want to get attention. like i'm doing right now with this special insight about why people sometimes behave in certain ways. why the fuck should i know a thing about people in general? i've always lived in California. quit badgering me, Jim.