“Coincidences are just patterns our brains are desperate to see”
Agree
- Pattern recognition evolved for survival
- We ignore misses remember hits
- Probability makes unlikely things inevitable
- Meaning-making is human not cosmic
Disagree
- Some synchronicities feel too perfect
- Universe might actually have connections
- Dismisses legitimate intuitive knowledge
- Reductionist view misses bigger picture
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