Are all of these seismic events related? [more inside]
posted by Lord_Pall on Oct 13, 2009 - 7 answers

Looking for examples of synchronicity, or evidence of "collective unconscious"-- like world records that, once broken, are broken by many others, or two musicians coming up with similar tunes without knowing each other, etc. Has there ever been historical evidence of synchronized events?
posted by dmaterialized on Nov 2, 2008 - 17 answers

Grapes in milk... now what? [more inside]
posted by Rinku on Apr 2, 2008 - 177 answers

Birthday/math/language filter: I know about the Beddian year, which is when your age matches the year you were born, discussed previously here. But I’m wondering about the more accessible feat (at least for those of us born late in the last century) that happens when your age matches the day of the month on which you were born.... [more inside]
posted by roombythelake on Feb 19, 2008 - 13 answers

My name is Christian. It seems that whenever someone mistake my name for another, they mistake it for François at least 80% of the time. Why? [more inside]
posted by jchgf on Jun 3, 2007 - 50 answers

I am trying to remember the title of a French movie I saw in early 1999, although it may date from earlier than that. I don't remember the content of the main part of the movie at all other than that it had to do with amazing coincidences (or AN amazing coincidence, something like that)... [more inside]
posted by indiebass on Feb 21, 2007 - 9 answers

Remarkable human connections made possible through the web. Blogs, Flickr, etc. Not "love connections," but rather people who might have recognized an old relative in a photo, or a family member they never knew existed. Stumbling across each other, not searching. (more) [more inside]
posted by cloudscratcher on Feb 12, 2006 - 24 answers

A few years ago I got a yen to rent "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins". It was the middle of the day and the middle of the week, and the Blockbuster was empty. I was at the cash paying for the movie when someone else walked in and asked the cashier: "Do you guys have Remo Williams?" What are the chances of such a coincidence happening? [more inside]
posted by notcostello on Oct 31, 2005 - 37 answers

Isn't there a name for that phenomenon wherein, once you start paying attention to something, you see it everywhere? You know, like when you buy a 1980 Toyota Celica, for example, and all of the sudden you see one on every block.
posted by etc. on Jul 7, 2005 - 24 answers

Language/Listening/WordFilter [mi] [more inside]
posted by zelphi on Jan 15, 2005 - 13 answers

This is a bit of a ChatFilter question but I'm curious about any coincidences you (or people you know) have experienced - the more unbelievable, the better. I'm also curious about any theories you may have about "coincidence". I know the dictionary definition but what is coincidence really? Do you think it's something mystical or something that's inevitable with the number of events that happen every second of every day? Here's a hypothetical but typical example: "I bumped into a friend I hadn't seen for years while travelling to New York. Not only did we find meet in a city of millions, but it turns out we both married women named Sara. Can you believe it?"
posted by Jaybo on Jul 24, 2004 - 40 answers