Lately I've been thinking a lot about causality and what makes things happen. I've perused some ideas on the subject like chaos theory and non-reductionism but they don't really do any justice to how mind blowing an isolated event can be. For example, my mother stole a car two days ago. She took a stranger's car from the mall and drove it home without their consent. Now, in order for this to happen it took some very specific people in some very specific times and places doing very specific things.
I would have had to lend her my car, which is something I've done approximately five times since I purchased my car. I would have to own a very specific model and color of car, due also to the fact that I replaced my last one just this past fall since I rolled my last one into a ditch. My mother would have to be at the mall, in Abbotsford, in the early evening, parked in the immediate vicinity of an identical make, model, and color. It would probably have to be dark. And, of course, my key would have to work on the door and ignition of aforementioned identical car exactly once.
