Coincidence - Definition and Overview

A coincidence is a happenstance—a simultaneous collision of two events—that has no special significance and obeys the laws of probability.

References

• Jung, Carl G. Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton UP, 1973.

See also

• anomaly
• anthropic principle
• cognition
• Coincidence Theory
• deja vu
• determinism
• extra-sensory perception
• intuition
• mathematical coincidence
• "Oh, Wow!" Syndrome
• pseudoscience
• psychic
• psychology
• superstition
• synchronicity

External links

• Unlikely Events and Coincidence (http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/astop_unlikely_events.htm) (The Austin Society to Oppose Pseudoscience)
• The Power of Coincidence by David G. Myers (http://www.davidmyers.org/coincidence/) (Skeptic)
• The Power of Coincidence by Jill Neimark (http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20040715-000008.xml) (Psychology Today)

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