Odd Coincidences

Roughly six months ago, I was driving down the road, and saw a dog weaving in the traffic.  It was dark, and it seemed obvious to me that it was going to get hit.  I stopped in the middle of my lane, put my blinkers on, got out and grabbed it.  Some people across the street saw me, said it was theirs–they had a leash with them–and I handed it over.  I then went on my way, after realizing the dog had been covered in shit, and now so were my arms and shirt.  About 4 blocks later, a girl rear-ended my car.  There was no damage, I got out, yelled at her to pay attention–rightly or wrongly, I accused her of texting–and then went on my way.

Today, I rescued another dog in exactly the same spot, a beagle with a very pleasant disposition.  Later in the day, I saw another rear end collision, ALSO in the same spot I was rear ended.  The driver got out, and yelled at whoever hit him. There did not appear to be any damage.

I have never seen a rear end collision anywhere else I can think of–at least for many years–and certainly not on that road.  I have rescued other dogs, but not from a road.

As I share often indirectly, and occasionally more directly, I do believe there is a structure and order to events that is much deeper than we can conceive, and certainly than we consciously realize.  These are small things, but most of what makes life interesting is small.

And I will add that it is not necessary to understand things to record them.  A common flaw, I think, among many scientists is to nearly consciously avoid all measurements and data points which do not readily fit into a preexisting paradigm.  Information which does not fit the Procrustean bed of their biases is not tortured into submission, usually (although in some cases, like the ClimateGate scandal, it clearly is): it is simply ignored.  Much cleaner that way.  You don’t refute the heretics, you lock them up or out.