People respond to patterns, and interpret patterns to understand things.
The world is full of patterns, but these are put there by design.
The patterns we understand, are the patterns we actually put there in the first place.
[8 jan 2008]
Here is an example.
You get out of bed in the morning, again. You have done this many times before, is this a coincidence? No, why? That is because we went to bed the night before. Of course, silly. But why did you go to bed the night before? Because we were sleepy. No, Bzzt, wrong. You were sleepy all day weren't you, and then when it was time for bed, you actually couldn't sleep, but you tried everything until you could couldn't you. And Bed, why did you choose to go to sleep in a bed, why not right now in that chair, or someone else's laundry basket. Well the bed is more comfortable. Of course it is, you made it comfortable. Why? Because it is a bed. Why is it a bed? Because you need a bed to sleep in. When? When your sleepy? No, when it is night time.
I was walking along the street, feeling kind of sleepy, when I tripped over a quitely sleeping friend I knew. So as not to alarm them, I tip toed around them and promptly sat down on a conveniently placed truckload of feathers and fell as sleep until about 3pm when I felt it was time to go home and have breakfast. I waited all night for the train to arrive, but it didn't, that sometimes happens on Tuesdays, but you can never be sure.
There are no patterns in that. That would be anarchy. I look for patterns, I rely on patterns, and they are placed there by me and others for that very reason.
