Coincidence?

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Re: Coincidence?

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subgenius wrote:
slavereeno wrote:Is there a term in psychology for when a person or people take a coincidence and mentally turn it into a supernatural event?

though not specific to your parameters, inasmuch as it also applies to someone who turns a supernatural event into a coincidence -
"Believing in the significance of oddities is self-aggrandizing"

do you consider it a coincidence that observation can change things, that thoughts affect the world ? Do events with a global impact influence consciousness and the functioning of machines?

I do not think it is correct, or wise, to propose or even assume that intrinsic significance is lacking with every unusual event that occurs in life.

I agree. Metaphysical discoveries haven’t been understood enough to state confidently what they mean in practice, only the mere act of observing changes subatomic behavior.

“When physicists, during similar experiments, tried to determine with the help of instruments which slit the electron actually passes through, the image on the screen had changed dramatically and become a “classic” pattern with two illuminated sections opposite to the slits and no alternating bands displayed.

Electrons seemed not wanting to show their wave nature under the watchful eye of observers. Did they manage to follow their instinctive desire to see a clear and simple picture. Is this some kind of a mystery? There is a more simple explanation: no observation of a system can be carried out without physically impacting it.”

https://in5d.com/5-thought-provoking-qu ... -illusion/

A more common proof of metaphysical or thought-based influence on physical matter is the placebo effect. Who’s to say exactly how the placebo & nocebo effects are affecting us right now? How would you determine it - except by considering others’ observations and theories...
http://www.vitalaffirmations.com/health ... Q_EZyVMHv4
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