Anyone ever feel like they encounter a large number of particularly strange coincidental moments in their lives?

For example- for some strange reason (not attached to a particular unifying event like a birthday or holiday or buisness venture) everyone begins to give you money and gifts.

Another example-- You decide to exercise by going for a two hour nightly walk. At the exact same time, a serial killer decides to do a series of murders (based on consecutive odd numbered addresses or something) along your path that you walk, and you end up becoming a suspect.

I'd love to hear some of your thoughts on the validity/invalidity of coincidence, or just ponderings on it.

I think coincidences are extrememly exciting, but I do not think that they are anything more -> just coincidences.

My favorite coincidences are those when you're right about to call someone, and then as you pick up the phone they then call you.

what about when you think of something and are about to say it, then somebody says what you were justt hinking, (when its totaly random and nothign to do with current convosation),

peace.

If there were no coincidences, one might conclude that some unseen unknown occult force was preventing them from occurring.

It is generally believed with good reason that people over react to coincidences. There is probably an evolutionary cause for this.

Consider a primitive hunter/gather culture 100,000 years ago (or a less human species from which we evolved). Image that a strange noise is heard followed by some type of danger (EG: A poisonous snake biting some member of the tribe). If the noise is a coincidence, it does no harm to be extra cautious the next time the same noise is heard. If the noise is really evidence of danger, it is a damn good idea to check for the danger the next time you hear that noise.

The more dangerous environments in which we evolved provided evolutionary pressure on us to over estimate the significance of coincidental events.

If there were no coincidences, one might conclude that some unseen unknown occult force was preventing them from occurring.

It is generally believed with good reason that people over react to coincidences. There is probably an evolutionary cause for this.

Consider a primitive hunter/gather culture 100,000 years ago (or a less human species from which we evolved). Image that a strange noise is heard followed by some type of danger (EG: A poisonous snake biting some member of the tribe). If the noise is a coincidence, it does no harm to be extra cautious the next time the same noise is heard. If the noise is really evidence of danger, it is a damn good idea to check for the danger the next time you hear that noise.

The more dangerous environments in which we evolved provided evolutionary pressure on us to over estimate the significance of coincidental events.

Interesting

BTW: I remember an aunt who was called clairvoyant because she had premonitions about my cousin nearly dying in an auto accident on the night that he was seriously injured.

Nobody seemed to rememeber that her son was a very reckless driver and she had those premonitions every time she knew he was driving at night.

The more dangerous environments in which we evolved provided evolutionary pressure on us to over estimate the significance of coincidental events.
That explains a wide variety of things. It's funny.