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In regard to coincidences, etc. Carl Sagan's last book, call something
like The Devil In Nature, gives exceptionally good critical insight into a
great many of the many unsupported superstitious ideas that we all tend to
fool ourselves with. Of course, we would like the believe! But -- take a
closer look and what do you really see?
David Cicia
At 12:23 AM 5/1/98 EDT, BobRABCDEF wrote:
> >>
>Must add this little personal interest story.
>Last weekend Walt D. and Don T. and I were tossing around the perceptions of
>coincidences vs misperceived real structure, unseen order, and such other
>"mystical" concepts, symbology of events. Walt had a touching story about a
>white dog and a bird for which the details matched rather perfectly
>mythological stories. Personally, last weekend I encountered an aged Turkey
>Vulture sleeping alongside a canal bank. My dog nuged him and the Turkey V
>just yawned and put his head back under his wing. He did not know that the
>dog is a killer and it had no fear of me. The bird was a dying master of his
>universe. After further proding he tried to run but could not get up enough
>airspeed to stay airborn more than a few feet. His wings were tired as well.
>This bird needed rest and recuperation. Monday, the market had a crash mode
>similar to this majestic birds fate. It could not stay up any longer. After
>a few days in a protective environment and meals of raw hamburger, the TV is
>beginning to show life again. It flaps its wings and stands up for a few
>minutes, still too weak to rise to previous heights. When two small children
>approached it today it acted defensively, a good sign that it still had fear
>and aggressive intincts. Color has come back into its face and its eyes
blink
>as though someone is home. Its feathers look as though they have been
>preened. It is still the same bird with a new lease on life, but it is still
>aged, perhaps lame, and grounded for some time. The market is rising on
>decent volume and breadth, at a time when it should, with the feeding of
cash.
>In a few days we will see just how high the market can fly or just how
lame it
>is with the majority of 40 sector indexes in sell or corrective mode. Was
the
>fallen bird a prophetic symbol, a coincidence? Such a mysterious
existence we
>have.
>BR
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