Have We Been Incorrectly Defining the Nature of “Coincidence” All Along?

Second question: Is there a remote possibility the concept is, in essence, supernatural?

Joel Eisenberg

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Photo by Pawel Szvmanski; Unsplash

Introduction

We have all experienced them, unexpected callbacks to past events that appear to correspond with present circumstances. “Déjà vu,” we call the phenomenon. Sometimes those callbacks — perceived as such by any of one’s five senses — can appear miraculous in nature.

Can we explain it? No, but the sensation of déjà vu is very real.

Would it be an oxymoron, then, to state the nature of coincidence too may be organic but is likewise supernatural — perhaps miracles are as well — and thereby unable to explain with the tools with which we were born?

Supernatural, that is, being the realm of those inscrutable universal mysteries far more complex than any man-made computer could even one day solve.

That’s the thesis, and I am going to delve deep.

Oh, one thing you should know about me first if you are not familiar with my work or have not already deciphered it: I’m a dyed in the wool skeptic who believes, despite religious or spiritual justifications to the contrary, none of us has the authentic answers to those…

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Joel Eisenberg
Joel Eisenberg

Written by Joel Eisenberg

Joel Eisenberg is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and producer. The Oscar in the profile pic isn’t his but he’s scheming. WGA and Pen America member.

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