Coincidence

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With regards to coincidence, it may be that the moment fits in at exactly the right chemistry (how one feels ‘ready’ e.g.) and that, even if multiple trials were conducted, statistically it is unlikely because said chemistry (at times almost a perfect match – which is statistically improbable in a lab, but not considering the whole universe) is rarely possible through a definitive number of tests.

This may, I think, apply to any kind of situation where complex interaction takes place (social; mental) and is often mistaken for ‘luck’, which leads to logical fallacies.

(I got this idea from the notion that a random person may join a musical band in the street and be accepted successfully and harmoniously (mentioned in a radio broadcast) – unlikely to be realistic, even if attempted in laboratory conditions with multiple subjects etc. but if someone, out of the hundreds of thousands (in a city) that pass by a band, out of all the time it’s played in that location, happens to already have musical capabilities and it just so happens that they know the song, then clearly with the right chemistry this is possible, if unlikely.)


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