tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656870008489989868.post3792722247324233174..comments2023-09-23T12:03:37.945+01:00Comments on words of science: Is a coincidence really a coincidence?hayley m. bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533315276290075823noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656870008489989868.post-47260694569548873782009-04-03T08:39:00.000+01:002009-04-03T08:39:00.000+01:00As you say - the uncorrelated events go unrecorded...As you say - the uncorrelated events go unrecorded, so perhaps you can forgive and forget about my absence on Tuesday. I'll be at the next one, work (i.e. huge-stack-of-unwritten-articles) permitting.hayley m. bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533315276290075823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656870008489989868.post-77268929814872976432009-04-02T23:34:00.000+01:002009-04-02T23:34:00.000+01:00Hi HayleyMy colleague Liz Kalaugher said you would...Hi Hayley<BR/>My colleague Liz Kalaugher said you would be turning up at Goldbrick House on Park Street last Tuesday. But we never saw you there. I wish there was a coincidence story associated with last Tuesday -- like we did we meet someone called Alice -- but there isn't. That's the point though: the millions of uncorrelated events go unrecorded but the coincidences stick in your mind for the very reson that they're rare.<BR/>Matin DurraniMatin Durranihttp://physicsworld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656870008489989868.post-32784878996036293492008-11-27T23:28:00.000+00:002008-11-27T23:28:00.000+00:00Co-incidence theory happens with numbers too. Mine...Co-incidence theory happens with numbers too. Mine is 434. Pick a 3 digit number and see how often you notice it. Worth an experiment? More likely to see it if it is also a digital time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com