“Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count.
Everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.”
Einstein
What are the chances…?
On 19 Jan 25, a black bear precipitously attacked a man out for a walk near his home in PA.
The victim lived through it, but this animal attack would surely have been fatal had a neighbor not seen it, responded aggressively, and shot the bear (at close range) with a pistol.
Shouldn’t black bears be in hibernation during the dead of winter in PA?
Wildlife “experts” commenting on local new networks predictably describe this attack as “abnormal,” “unusual,” “rare,” ad nauseam!
What was this bear thinking? Why was this bear “out and about?”
The foregoing are examples of all the wrong questions, asked only by those who really don’t want to know, but do want to retain their cushy jobs.
The sage and serious among us have to ask ourselves, “What are the chances of an unprovoked bear attack in PA during the dead of winter?”
100%…now!
And , this is yet another brutal confirmation of this fact:
Playing the “Statics Game” with your life is a form of naive suicide!
This is why we instructors must confront students of our Art with the sincere advice that when you decide to “go armed,” be armed all the time.
Arbitrarily dividing your life into “safe” and “dangerous” times and places is an exercise in naive self-deception, as we see!
It’s similar to wearing a seat-belt while driving. Either do or don’t, but please don’t insult my intelligence by arguing that you have the ability to accurately predict the future, under any circumstances!
“Seek simplicity and distrust it.”
Alfred Whitehead
/John