Another Banker Jumps to His Death - and It's Another JP Morgan Employee
When we last noted the surprising - maybe better to say shocking - incidents of banker suicides, we remember that one of the original bunch was a JP Morgan employee who had jumped out of a window. But coincidence isn't an uncommon phenomenon, so we thought little of it until today, when apparently another banker has taken a leap, this one also a JP Morgan employee who jumped out of a window. So are we still in the realm of coincidence, or is there a discernible pattern that point us to some underlying common thread? I don't know.
What I do know is that a number of sources reported the original flurry of suicides and some of those sources opined on what was "really" going on. But, really, it was all guesses and innuendo. What's important for us here (besides taking a moment to acknowledge the terrible nature of suicide and pray for the families of these people so desperate about something in their lives that they would take the life given to them by God) is to keep our thinking clear even as we empathize with the poor dead souls and their families. Keep yourself away from those who would use these incidents as a means to "prove" their pet theories on how some scandal is brewing beneath it all. The fact is, unless evidence shows us otherwise, there's nothing I've seen to tie these sad events together.
Remember that "coincidence" means a concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. Too much of what people use to "prove" a claim is simply coincidence. You should always be on your guard and learn to distinguish between mere coincidence and actual causality, wherein there is a demonstrable connection between cause and effect.
Okay, logic lesson over. Now, despite the tragedy of these events, we turn to the reporters who bring us the news and a striking example of a reporter who, having nothing of substance to report, winds up reporting something that's, well, probably either a coincidence or perhaps the understandable reaction of person or group of persons who were startled and upset by a colleague jumping out of a window:
What I do know is that a number of sources reported the original flurry of suicides and some of those sources opined on what was "really" going on. But, really, it was all guesses and innuendo. What's important for us here (besides taking a moment to acknowledge the terrible nature of suicide and pray for the families of these people so desperate about something in their lives that they would take the life given to them by God) is to keep our thinking clear even as we empathize with the poor dead souls and their families. Keep yourself away from those who would use these incidents as a means to "prove" their pet theories on how some scandal is brewing beneath it all. The fact is, unless evidence shows us otherwise, there's nothing I've seen to tie these sad events together.
Remember that "coincidence" means a concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. Too much of what people use to "prove" a claim is simply coincidence. You should always be on your guard and learn to distinguish between mere coincidence and actual causality, wherein there is a demonstrable connection between cause and effect.
Okay, logic lesson over. Now, despite the tragedy of these events, we turn to the reporters who bring us the news and a striking example of a reporter who, having nothing of substance to report, winds up reporting something that's, well, probably either a coincidence or perhaps the understandable reaction of person or group of persons who were startled and upset by a colleague jumping out of a window:
According to one source, at least one business meeting was cancelled immediately after the suicide happened.This sort of meaningless observation could almost make one laugh if it weren't for the terrible incident to which it refers. Then again, most reporters, consistent with the general level of education and intelligence surrounding us, really operate on a tank half-empty, if it is filled at all.
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