Unlikely coincidences are expected to occur.

Discussion in 'Parapsychology' started by Dinosaur, Nov 1, 2015.

  1. Dinosaur Rational Skeptic Valued Senior Member

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    Consider 2-4 years of experiences due to activities of 50 million or so adults between ages of 18 & 70.

    If there were no unusual coincidences, I would conclude that there was some mystical activity preventing coincidences.

    Ergo, why make a fuss about reported coincidences?
     
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  3. Baldeee Valued Senior Member

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    Indeed.
    People keep going on about "one in a million chance!" yet we're never surprised when every week or so someone wins a lottery with odds of 10-million to one or worse (UK one is now reduced to 40-million or so to win the jackpot... yet it will still be won quite frequently).

    As I read somewhere: "coincidence is merely the obeyance of probability".
     
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  5. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times, it's enemy action. "
    -- Auric Goldfinger
     
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