Connecting with Coincidence Do Coincidences Signal That It’s ‘Meant to Be’?
Those pesky false promise coincidences Posted Sep 02, 2016 SHARE
Submitted by Lynne on September 3, 2016 - 10:46pm So is this article saying that even if a set of coincidences do not lead to something that is meant to be, that they are probably still a stepping stone to something else that is? It seems that knowing whether to put any significance on any given coincidence or coincidences is a crap shoot. Like, maybe they really WERE just coincidences.
Submitted by Bernard D. Beitman M.D. on September 4, 2016 - 9:59am Good thinking!
Submitted by Kate on September 4, 2016 - 1:51am What would be meaningful is the finding that no coincidences occurred, ever. That would defy the laws of time, space, and mathematics (chance).
Submitted by Bernard D. Beitman M.D. on September 4, 2016 - 10:02am Coincidences provide us much opportunity as well as some difficulty. They make the world go round!
Submitted by Kate on September 4, 2016 - 12:06pm But you don't have to ascribe meaning to coincidences in order to take advantage of them. Why ascribe meaning at all? It just absolves us of taking full - and truly informed -responsibility for the choice. I do not agree that there is a divine providence or that coincidences are the law of attraction made manifest. There's no reliable scientific proof of either, other than coincidence itself and that's a circular argument.
Submitted by Bernard D. Beitman M.D. on September 4, 2016 - 10:41pm Ascribing meaning depends upon what you mean by meaning. If you say they have no meaning, that is a form of meaning. If you say that you had something to do with creating the coincidence that is a form of meaning. To me the basic meanings of coincidence have to do with explanation and use. There is mystery in some of them, there is probability in most of them and there is us in many of them. There are many uses which do not rely on explanation. (Of course there is more here. I am writing a second book on Coincidence Studies to elaborate on these and related ideas.
Submitted by Kate on September 5, 2016 - 3:01pm Not ascribing meaning to coincidence is a form of giving meaning to it only to the extent atheism is s religion ... As in, not really except for the sake of argument.
Submitted by My Info on September 14, 2016 - 3:30pm "Circumstances" and "coincidences" artfully arranged by a pimp just to demonstrate his total control over a girl's life.
Connecting with Coincidence Do Coincidences Signal That It’s ‘Meant to Be’?
Those pesky false promise coincidences Posted Sep 02, 2016 SHARE
Submitted by Lynne on September 3, 2016 - 10:46pm So is this article saying that even if a set of coincidences do not lead to something that is meant to be, that they are probably still a stepping stone to something else that is? It seems that knowing whether to put any significance on any given coincidence or coincidences is a crap shoot. Like, maybe they really WERE just coincidences.
Submitted by Bernard D. Beitman M.D. on September 4, 2016 - 9:59am Good thinking!
Submitted by Kate on September 4, 2016 - 1:51am What would be meaningful is the finding that no coincidences occurred, ever. That would defy the laws of time, space, and mathematics (chance).
Submitted by Bernard D. Beitman M.D. on September 4, 2016 - 10:02am Coincidences provide us much opportunity as well as some difficulty. They make the world go round!
Submitted by Kate on September 4, 2016 - 12:06pm But you don't have to ascribe meaning to coincidences in order to take advantage of them. Why ascribe meaning at all? It just absolves us of taking full - and truly informed -responsibility for the choice. I do not a
gree that there is a divine providence or that coincidences are the law of attraction made manifest. There's no reliable scientific proof of either, other than coincidence itself and that's a circular argument.
Submitted by Bernard D. Beitman M.D. on September 4, 2016 - 10:41pm Ascribing meaning depends upon what you mean by meaning. If you say they have no meaning, that is a form of meaning. If you say that you had something to do with creating the coincidence that is a form of meaning. To me the basic meanings of coincidence have to do with explanation and use. There is mystery in some of them, there is probability in most of them and there is us in many of them. There are many uses which do not rely on explanation. (Of course there is more here. I am writing a second book on Coincidence Studies to elaborate on these and related ideas.
Submitted by Kate on September 5, 2016 - 3:01pm Not ascribing meaning to coincidence is a form of giving meaning to it only to the extent atheism is s religion ... As in, not really except for the sake of argument.
Submitted by My Info on September 14, 2016 - 3:30pm "Circumstances" and "coincidences" artfully arranged by a pimp just to demonstrate his total control over a girl's life.