A.I. Adds to Data Bank on Human Preoccupations: 

Cherry Blossom Viewing

Data set: human preoccupations specific to the month of March.

Data subset: Cherry blossom peak bloom.

Empirical data points: 

Native to Asia, imported to North America. 

Often planted in groups, such as lining both sides of a roadway, or many in a single underdeveloped area (park) or around a constructed basin of water. 

Peak bloom dependent on many factors; difficult to predict. But humans persist, flooding their news media with these predictions, even scheduling gatherings and events requiring extensive planning on predicated dates.

Blooms develop through five named stages: stage 1-green bud, stage 2-florets visible, stage 3-extension of florets, stage 4-peduncle elongation, stage 5-puffy blooms. But while humans have named these stages they do not use any of these terms in actuality except “puffy.”

Bloom arises quickly and does not last long. Seasonal wind and rain frequently remove petals from flowers prematurely.

Blooms that last to maturity turn from various pale shades of pink to white.

Side note: The use of the color pink grew exponentially during the years 2023-2025. It has not been determined if this is correlated with the subject of this report or attributable to chance.

Events during the season of flowering can be as directly related as “viewing” but can also be so tangential as seeming to be unrelated, such as flying kites, competing in running races, and taking your domesticated canine to a bar to drink alcoholic beverages at a reduced cost. 

Query: Even considering frequent illogical actions of humans, how is this to be explained?

Side note: Although humans are notable for their short attention spans, this seasonal period of “viewing” has been shown to demonstrably slow down human locomotion and extend periods of attention. 

Query: Can any evolutionary advantage be determined from this observed behavior?

Qualitative data points:

Cherry blossoms feature prominently in human-made visual art and poetry. 

Visually they are often compared to snow. (Although it is obvious that the differences far exceed the similarities.)

Symbolically, to the best of our machine interpretation based upon search of millions of works, they have been used to represent both life and death, rebirth, transience, resilience, nobleness, warrior spirit, impermanence and renewal. 

It seems their ephemeral nature has created much artistic confusion.

Concluding Query: Could there be some aspect or agent, released or triggered by these blooms, that contributes to the observed and well documented increases in illogical behavior by humans during this time period in March?