The Compton-Fermi incident

A few months ago (2003) I was at work. My mind was on my work when 'thought words' occurred into my mind: Arthur C. Compton. The name: "Arthur C. Compton" spontaneously emerged into my thought, for no reason. Immediately I stopped what I was doing then entered the name into the Search window. I did a search on the Internet for 'Arthur C. Compton' and got a link to a web document! It was a letter written in 1942. The document was labeled "Letter: Arthur C. Compton to Enrico Fermi, September 14, 1942." It was a copy of a letter to Enrico Fermi letter from 'Arthur C. Compton'. I read the letter through. Then I realized the name Arthur C. Compton was incorrect. It occurred to me at that point that the correct name of the man in my mind was 'Arthur H. Compton', not 'Arthur C. Compton. Quite clearly I remembered that it was not Arthur C. Compton I'd read about in a newspaper story in 1989, it was Arthur H. Compton, Arthur Holly Compton was a quantum physicist. (One day I'd had a compelling reason to want to know what had been in the news on my birth date: 01-02-1932 so I went to the University of Washington library and looked at microfiche for that day, but didn't find anything relevant. I was leaving when a thought occurred that the news is always a day later, so I found the story on 01-03-1932 in the Chicago newspaper.) Yet the name Arthur C. Compton had occurred into my thought, a thought that had a lot of authority over my body because I'd stopped what I was doing without hesitation and typed the 'thought name' automatically. It seemed very strange that with wrong information I had gotten a response. I re-read the copy of the letter and saw an error had been made in the signature. Enrico Fermi had received it from Arthur C(ompton) and whoever labeled the letter had made a mistake. But how could that mistake explain the spontaneous thought words and my immediate response in actions in my 'now' life, in 2003? That night I went to the post office to get some stamps. The clerk says: "We have some very nice new Enrico Fermi Stamps, would you like to try them? I bought several Fermi stamps. I have them still. Later that evening I read an article in the newspaper that briefly mentioned Enrico Fermi. How would a post-office clerk 'know' to suggest that particular stamp from a drawer that was full of other stamps? She asked if I wanted to try some new stamps and mentioned Enrico Fermi for no reason? Did she have some chemistry that bonded with mine? The meaning of this event carries some significant information, but what is it? ? The link to the letter: www.osti.gov/accomplishments/pdf/DE99003405/DE99003405.pdf .