I have already explained how I felt about synchronicity in a post called Understanding Synchronicity. I thought including this video would be worthwhile because it clarifies my feelings about our basic misunderstanding of coincidences and probability.
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Science
Another Post On Synchronicity!
The Jeane Dixon Effect
Mathematician John Allen Paulos, came up with the term “Jeane Dixon effect”, to describe the phenomenon where a psychic’s supporters will ignore their idol’s failures and at the same time lend more credence to their successes, or perceived successes, than they deserve. Jeanne Dixon is supposed to have predicted JFK’ assassination, but although she...
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The Scientific Method
One of the good things about science is that it must remain constantly aware that at any time it could be taken in by self-deception. That makes up for all the people and other laboratory animals that it’s killed. Okay, what that really means is that scientists cannot rely on gut feelings or...
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