Dodging asteroids: compartmentalizing serendipity formed by an underlying synchronicity.
I’m guessing you’ve probably recovered from all the parties you went to last night to celebrate Asteroid 2012 DA14‘s laughingly inept effort to destroy Planet Earth.
It missed by more than 17,000 miles.
I’m also assuming you’re not one of the 1200 people injured by the meteorite that “streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday….”
The two events were not related, insist scientists from all over the world. Just a “chilling coincidence.”
But maybe — just maybe — the sterile phrase “chilling coincidence” masks a much more serious warning from the scientific community.
Urban Dictionary defines chilling as “a conscious effort to maintain a calm demeanor or, regain composure;” and coincidence as “a compartmentalized serendipity formed by an underlying synchronicity.”
Translating, perhaps scientists are only pretending to be calm as a part of what they do to compartmentalize the underlying synchronicity.
Serious homeland security professionals should read these signals and prepare for the worst. Like this:
Check your 72 hour kit. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
