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Sam Chevallier's avatar

great read dave ! what an experience

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David Perrott's avatar

Thanks, Sam, happy you enjoyed it.

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Salman's avatar

Cape-tivating story, David. First, I'm glad you're safe. I appreciate how you have framed your thought process and decisions post-event through the lens of an applied behavioural scientist. I'm still caught at your beginning, though--the unexplained behaviour of putting away your airpods, breaking your consistency or ritual, without any reason. Some may call it divine intervention but how do we interpret that behaviourally?

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David Perrott's avatar

Thanks for your comment and question, Salman,

I can't really explain my decision. Coincidence? Luck? Divine intervention? I'm not sure.

Here is something that may have played a role:

I suspect that I'm louder in my movement when I am more in my head or have air pods in. My state of mind likely meant that the typical cues of a walker on the trail that a cobra listens out for weren't present. I caught it by surprise. There skittish creatures and normally move out of sight well before someone sees them.

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