A Conversation for Coincidence

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Post 1

CharmQuark

If two unlikely things happen together, do they only qualify as a coincidence if someone notices...example, if 3 identical triplets, separated at birth and raised under different names, all wind up sitting beside each other on a plane and then leave without ever finding out...was that a coincidence?
(next: coincidence and zen - bollox or what?)


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Post 2

The Pumpkin King

Interesting suggestion. I guess coincidence is what you make it. But chaos is unescapable.


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Post 3

Mr. Teapot

A coincidence need not be noticed or have any meaning. A meaningful coincidence is a synchronicity (courtesy of Jung), which is somewhat different.


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