Posted: May 24, 2014 11:35 pm
virphen wrote:An element that is usually ignored over coincidences is the fact that with such huge numbers of events and interactions going on around and between us all every single day is how unlikely it would be if amazing coincidences in fact never occurred. Any particular one might be incredibly unlikely, but that some will happen is certain. It's like we collectively buy a googolplex of lottery tickets every day, a shitload are bound to be winners.
People are naturally very shit at probabilities.
Sure. If everybody adult on the planet were to receive just two birthday cards, one printed and one hand drawn, then I'm sure at least one of those pairs of cards would be at least as similar to each other as the two in this case. Probably...
