Coincidence

Coincidence

A coincidence is a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances that have no apparent causal connection with one another. The perception of remarkable coincidences may lead to supernatural, occult, or paranormal claims. Or it may lead to belief in fatalism, which is a doctrine that events will happen in the exact manner of a predetermined plan. In general, the perception of coincidence, for lack of more sophisticated explanations, can serve as link to folk psychology and philosophy. From a statistical perspective, coincidences are inevitable and often less remarkable than they may appear intuitively. Usually coincidences are chance events with underestimated probability. An example is the birthday problem, which shows that the probability of two persons having the same birthday already exceeds 50% in a group of only 23 persons. (Wikipedia).

Coincidence
Video thumbnail

What the heck is a Multiverse?

The idea of a multiverse (short for multiple universes) can seem absurd. After all, the definition of universe means everything, so what does it mean to have multiple universes? In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln lists a couple possible definitions for a multiverse. The reality in

From playlist Speculative Physics

Video thumbnail

Introduction to Similarity

This video introduces similarity and explains how to determine if two figures are similar or not. http://mathispower4u.com

From playlist Number Sense - Decimals, Percents, and Ratios

Video thumbnail

If there are multiple universes, could there be copies of us in some of them?

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for all the latest from World Science U. Visit our Website: http://www.worldscienceu.com/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldscienceu Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/worldscienceu

From playlist Science Unplugged: Cosmology

Video thumbnail

Is time just an illusion?

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for all the latest from World Science U. Visit our Website: http://www.worldscienceu.com/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldscienceu Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/worldscienceu

From playlist Science Unplugged: Time

Video thumbnail

Do you believe in parallel universes?

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for all the latest from World Science U. Visit our Website: http://www.worldscienceu.com/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldscienceu Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/worldscienceu

From playlist Science Unplugged: Parallel Universes

Video thumbnail

Can you identify this substance?

via YouTube Capture

From playlist Random

Video thumbnail

85 Years of Nielsen Theory: Coincidence Points

Part 3 of a 3 part series of expository talks on Nielsen theory I gave at the conference on Nielsen Theory and Related Topics in Daejeon Korea, June 27, 2013. Part 1- Fixed Points: http://youtu.be/1Ls8mTkRtX0 Part 3- Coincidence Points: http://youtu.be/Wu2Cr3v_I44 Chris Staecker's intern

From playlist Research & conference talks

Video thumbnail

What is spacetime?

"Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for all the latest from World Science U. Visit our Website: http://www.worldscienceu.com/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldscienceu Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/worldscienceu"

From playlist Science Unplugged: Special Relativity

Video thumbnail

How does physics disrupt our intuitive understanding of time?

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for all the latest from World Science U. Visit our Website: http://www.worldscienceu.com/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldscienceu Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/worldscienceu

From playlist Science Unplugged: Time

Video thumbnail

Euclid's "Elements" - Book 1, Proposition 4

https://www.patreon.com/Mathoma Heath's translation of Euclid's "Elements" http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0086%3Abook%3D1%3Atype%3DProp%3Anumber%3D4 This series is part of a larger project, part of which covers geometry.

From playlist Euclid's "Elements" - Book 1

Video thumbnail

Euclid's "Elements" - Book 1, Proposition 8

https://www.patreon.com/Mathoma Heath's translation of Euclid's "Elements" http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0086%3Abook%3D1%3Atype%3DProp%3Anumber%3D8 This series is part of a larger project, part of which covers geometry.

From playlist Euclid's "Elements" - Book 1

Video thumbnail

Teach Astronomy - Coincidences in Nature

http://www.teachastronomy.com/ Miss Marbles, Agatha Christie's fictional detective hero once said, "A coincidence is always worth noticing. You can always discard it later if it proves to be only a coincidence." What are we to make of the coincidences that exist in nature, by which we me

From playlist 29. Prospects of Nonhuman Intelligences

Video thumbnail

Intro to Nielsen fixed point theory

A talk given by Chris Staecker at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand, on October 10 2019. Covers basic definitions and results of Nielsen fixed point theory, plus a few minutes about Nielsen-type theories for coincidence and periodic points. Should be und

From playlist Research & conference talks

Video thumbnail

Spooky Coincidences?

Support Vsauce, your brain, Alzheimer's research, and other YouTube educators by joining THE CURIOSITY BOX: a seasonal delivery of viral science toys made by Vsauce! A portion of all proceeds goes to Alzheimer's research and our Inquisitive Fellowship, a program that gives money and resour

From playlist Human Behavior

Video thumbnail

Cryptanalysis of Classical Ciphers

Cryptography and Network Security by Prof. D. Mukhopadhyay, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

From playlist Computer - Cryptography and Network Security

Video thumbnail

(I.4) Side-Angle-Side, Euclid's Proof

Support my channel with this special custom merch! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1037552189/wooden-large-platonic-solids-geometry Learn this proposition with interactive step-by-step here: http://pythagoreanmath.com/euclids-elements-book-1-proposition-4/ visit my site: http://www.pythagor

From playlist Euclid's Elements Book 1

Video thumbnail

Symplectic convexity? (an ongoing story...)

Joint IAS/Princeton/Montreal/Paris/Tel-Aviv Symplectic Geometry Zoominar Topic: Symplectic convexity? (an ongoing story...) Speaker: Jean Gutt Affiliation: University of Toulouse Date: October 21, 2022 What is the symplectic analogue of being convex? We shall present different ideas to

From playlist Mathematics

Video thumbnail

Deciding if Lines Coincide, Are Skew, Are Parallel or Intersect in 3D

Thanks to all of you who support me on Patreon. You da real mvps! $1 per month helps!! :) https://www.patreon.com/patrickjmt !! Deciding if Lines Coincide, Are Skew, Are Parallel or Intersect in 3D. Here I describe two lines in 3space using parametric equations. We have to decide if t

From playlist Calculus / Third Semester / Multivariable Calculus

Video thumbnail

Do we live in a multiverse?

One of the most outlandish ideas in modern physics is the multiverse - the idea that there exist multiple universes. Given that scientists tend to be fairly conservative and that this idea seems like a such a reach, it is natural to wonder why this idea is seriously discussed in leading s

From playlist Speculative Physics

Related pages

Law of truly large numbers | Apophenia | Littlewood's law | Alignments of random points | Causality | Confirmation bias | Correlation does not imply causation | Albert Einstein | Statistics | Dennis Lindley | Probability | Birthday problem | Mathematical coincidence