On 5 April 2014 23:44, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 12:00 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Last night just before I woke up I had a dream about a guy coming to the >> door selling religion, so to speak - the details were a bit weird, as in >> most dreams, but that was the gist of it - I sent him away, saying "no >> thanks we don't indulge" or words to that effect. >> >> I've never had a dream of that sort, at least not that I can recall. >> >> A few minutes ago, for the first time since we've been in this house (1 >> and a half years) - indeed the first time in a lot longer than that - a guy >> came to the door with a copy of the "Watchtower" and a personal message >> from God. I sent him away, but ... I was a bit shaken. >> >> Charles also had a weird recurring dream for several years about a >> situation he has now found himself in, to do with work, which has freaked >> him out a bit, although his makes more sense as a "worry dream". >> >> Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence ... isn't it? >> > > A boring explanation for this sort of thing is that the set of possible > coincidences is so large that it is likely that we find one once in a while. >
Yes, I realise that. > > Another one is that our brain is so good at detecting patterns that we > realize subconsciously that something is likely to happen, by pinking on > subtle clues from the environment. > > If I realised a religious person was going to turn up several hours later, that sounds rather ... clairvoyant! > But of course, who knows? > > My favourite personal experience: once I was bored waiting on the subway > station. I entertained myself by imagining a mysterious story that involved > empty trains passing by the station without stopping, with the lights > turned off. The next train passed by without stopping, with the lights > turned off. > That is, however, quite common. My dream was a one off and the guy was a one-in-several-years. (Do the maths! :) > > Telmo. > > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
