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Can we quantify synchronicity and randomness ?
LeoYard said:Can we quantify synchronicity and randomness ?
wittgenstein said:Suppose that I wake up and randomly open an encyclopedia. On the page is an article about Selkirk Ontario. My wife walks in and says," Our friends just moved to Selkirk Ontario." 5 minutes pass. My painting of Napoleon falls for no apparent reason and shatters on the floor. On the front page of my newspaper is the headline, " Napoleon's birthday celebrated at the park." Obviously meaningless coincidences. However, suppose that these meaningless coincidences keep happening every 5 minutes for 7 years. I think that it would be rational to believe that something is going on. Now, when ( on what day of what year) do we say that randomness becomes synchronicity? How do we quantify the point at which randomness becomes sychronicity?
Anticitizen said:Isn't it true that from certain moving frames of reference, those two actions could appear to NOT take place at the same time, and destroy any notion of synchronicity?
wittgenstein said:Position in time does not effect the notion of synchronicity.
Synchronicity is a concept first introduced by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung. It refers to meaningful coincidences that occur without any apparent causal connection. These events are seen as significant or meaningful by the person experiencing them, and are often interpreted as a sign of some underlying pattern or connection in the universe.
While synchronicity and randomness both involve events occurring without any apparent causal connection, they differ in their interpretation. Synchronicity is seen as meaningful and purposeful, while randomness is seen as chaotic and without any inherent meaning or purpose.
This is a debated question among scientists and philosophers. Some argue that synchronicity is a real phenomenon that exists in the universe, while others argue that it is simply a psychological construct created by humans to find meaning in random events.
Currently, there is no scientific consensus on how to study and measure synchronicity. Some scientists argue that it falls outside the realm of scientific inquiry, while others believe that it can be studied through statistical analysis and controlled experiments.
There is no one scientific explanation for synchronicity. Some theories suggest that it may be a result of quantum entanglement, while others propose that it is a manifestation of the collective unconscious. However, more research is needed to fully understand the nature of synchronicity and its potential scientific explanations.