This morning’s dream pointed at a couple of things, the first being that it is unwise to offer any advice to the self-diagnosed omniscient. To do so is a no win situation.  The second is that my addled mind seems to recall a number of occasions when I gave advice which was ignored. This advice could have given a “better” more pleasant outcome if it had been heeded. People need to learn. They learn best through personal experience {in theory}. My inclination to advise has been reduced in a semi-permanent  stepwise manner.

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As an adolescent I already had differences in outlook to my family. I was very keen on “Monkey” about the journey of a monk Tripitaka. My family disliked this programme. I was a fan.

It is my experience that many express adamant opinions and points of view which they can easily mistake for fact. In some situations decibel count is correlated with degree of imagined fact, the more often you say it, the louder you say it the more it MUST be true. A lot of people conclude, rigidly and dogmatically so, before the forming of a strong conclusion is warranted. I call these concluding kangaroos who are prone to jump from one conclusion to the other.

I have very few, if any, strong conclusions. I have a lot of operative loose hypotheses. They can be used to explain or provide a working narrative for elements of my recollection of life, of my dreams and of measurable physical plane reality. In a sane world our conclusions might depend upon the quality of the data and the observations which we use to conclude from. If our data is sparse, sketchy  and our observations few we might have only very weak putative conclusions.

Until about half an hour ago I had one strong conclusion. It was that the dreams in the blog are unusual and maybe unique. It occurred to me that I have no real basis for this, no comparative data. For all I know there could be loads of people out there who have dreams like mine. So I have down graded that from conclusion to a speculation. It seems possible that this speculation is not entirely unreasonable but I have no data set with which to compare.

Based upon measurable Word Press statistics very few people read this blog. I can conclude with a fair level of confidence that this is true. Why would anyone hide the fact they view a free public domain blog? There is nothing overly dodgy herein.

On this basis it is easy to suggest that the wider impact of my life is minimal. It is very likely to remain so. I am powerless to do much about it and certainly not motivated to change this.

Unless the pieces of paper in my medical folders are figments of my imagination I am due an operation in two weeks time. I can conclude with some confidence that this is the current plan. According to what I recall being told I may be in the hospital for ~ 48 hours or less. This is by way of prediction based on prior experience at the hospital.

Aside from these fairly basic things there are a number of explanations or narratives which I consider as loose hypotheses as to a number of “events” or “happenstances” in what my memory tells me may or may not have happened. There is no way of proving these things. I could for example look at an academic publication which has a name on it that matches the one in my passport. I may have been involved in the preparation of that paper or I may be  another “Madelaine”.

People like “proof” and certainty where none may, in fact, exist. It is entirely possible that my so called memories are complete fabrication on my part. It is not particularly likely. I can speculate with high confidence that others will recall and interpret these putative happenstances differently. Accuracy of recall and interpretation is moot and subjective.

The current working hypothesis is that I will have an operation, attempt recuperation and then ask for a second operation. We will deal as best we can with whatever transpires and that is about the sum total of what is on the cards for me. The wife has her breast cancer and Myeloma follow ups scheduled before “Christmas” too. By the new year we may have some more data moving forward upon which to formulate.

There is not a lot to conclude about…