4656. The ancients had no doubts about an eclipse. Perhaps
they might have been confused by someone saying that a goat's entrails
predicted the future, but how could they doubt the significance of the
darkening of the sun.
4657. Predictions and prognostications of the future may
come and go, but thunder and lightning, earthquakes, and eclipses are bedrock
information from the gods telling men what to do. That is what the ancients
believed, and I believe we are all ancients, in our own way.
4658. We are all ancients in our own way; this might be an
explanation of the title of this work, "No Cure For The Medieval Mind."
Was the eclipse the night of Coromo's journey, significant in any way? I think
so, even though you see me making fun of the idea at the same time.
4659. The fact that the moon can block out the sun at a
particular time, on a given day, can be predicted even centuries in advance. It
is an event of absolute mathematical certainty. But Coromo's decision to board
the plane that night was the result of an infinite number unpredictable and
unexpected happenings. Therefore….
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