In fact, more often than not, it is just shit happening--because the perversity of the universe tends to the maximum. There is FAR less intentionality out there that people desperately want to believe. People don't like the idea that life is largely "random." That God plays dice with the universe.
In fact, more often than not, it is just shit happening--because the perversity of the universe tends to the maximum. There is FAR less intentionality out there that people desperately want to believe. People don't like the idea that life is largely "random." That God plays dice with the universe.
We desperately seek intentionality and purpose and coherence. It is why we are creatures of narrative--we NEED these narratives to make us feel more than inconsequential specks in the vastness. To lend us purpose we cannot find ourselves, to have the universe make sense.
As Travis notes, it looks like the crew and the response people did their jobs. Minimal loss of life. No structure is going to withstand an impact like that... especially since they are not designed for that so much as they are designed to not fall down under other types of loads.
We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That's the way that lady luck dances
Roll the bones, roll the bones
Why are we here?
Because we're here, roll the bones, roll the bones
Re a random loss, I'm thinking about the familes of the two men found in a red pickup truck at the bottom of the river. Until they were identified, those families started to worry when Dad didn't come home, as he always does. They know where they worked and when. And they don't know until they're found days later. And Daddy's gone. Just like that.
They are desperately seek intentionality and purpose and coherence now.
Exactly. Murphy's Law will always trump the best laid plans of mice and men on a long enough timeline. Shit happens. On a long enough timeline, the probability of *anything* goes from 0 to 1. 1-in-a-million odds happen 300+ times a day in a country of 330M. We're all Guinea pigs to the whims of industry, and we're all rolling thousands of sets of dice on any given day. People can get struck by lightning more than once:
Sometimes shit happens.
In fact, more often than not, it is just shit happening--because the perversity of the universe tends to the maximum. There is FAR less intentionality out there that people desperately want to believe. People don't like the idea that life is largely "random." That God plays dice with the universe.
We desperately seek intentionality and purpose and coherence. It is why we are creatures of narrative--we NEED these narratives to make us feel more than inconsequential specks in the vastness. To lend us purpose we cannot find ourselves, to have the universe make sense.
As Travis notes, it looks like the crew and the response people did their jobs. Minimal loss of life. No structure is going to withstand an impact like that... especially since they are not designed for that so much as they are designed to not fall down under other types of loads.
We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That's the way that lady luck dances
Roll the bones, roll the bones
Why are we here?
Because we're here, roll the bones, roll the bones
Why does it happen?
Because it happens, roll the bones
(Rush, Roll the Bones)
Re a random loss, I'm thinking about the familes of the two men found in a red pickup truck at the bottom of the river. Until they were identified, those families started to worry when Dad didn't come home, as he always does. They know where they worked and when. And they don't know until they're found days later. And Daddy's gone. Just like that.
They are desperately seek intentionality and purpose and coherence now.
Exactly. Murphy's Law will always trump the best laid plans of mice and men on a long enough timeline. Shit happens. On a long enough timeline, the probability of *anything* goes from 0 to 1. 1-in-a-million odds happen 300+ times a day in a country of 330M. We're all Guinea pigs to the whims of industry, and we're all rolling thousands of sets of dice on any given day. People can get struck by lightning more than once:
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