expectation and assumption, how much does that affect what really happens? if you think about something, or expect something to happen so much, steeled and braced, prepared, scout's honor, pags are packed, duct tape included, will that happen? does it happen? does it make it more likely to happen? so getting ready for the effects of a cause actually causes the cause? like buying car insurance, so maybe not quite completely like car insurance, and maybe this phenomenon doesn't even exist, but the act of observing changes that which is being observed, and so waiting for something to happen might actually make it happen