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A while back I was casually driving home in my car in the wee-hours of the night. This is when I also had an XM subscription in my car so it was that long ago,
by Scottn1 4y ago
A while back I was casually driving home in my car in the wee-hours of the night. This is when I also had an XM subscription in my car so it was that long ago, well before Spotify/Pandora where one can listen to whatever you want at the moment. Anyway, I was browsing all the XM channels and for some reason "The Flame" by Cheap Trick popped into my head and I was in the mood for it. While channel surfing I came across the unmistakable guitar chords of the song just beginning. It was super eerie and to this day an unforgettable coincidence.
"Stop reading my thoughts Please, XM"
The point is - in our long lives, stuff like this happens through shear probability alone several times. An advanced search algorithm designed to predict songs based on past history, and who knows how many other available inputs, isn't even in the same realm of weirdness as feeling a song and it appears on the radio.