{"id":15730,"date":"2026-03-10T12:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/the-improbable-is-probable\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:00:08","slug":"the-improbable-is-probable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/the-improbable-is-probable\/","title":{"rendered":"The Improbable Is Probable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the new book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0374175349\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0374175349&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=guidepostsonline\">The Improbability Principle<\/a>,<\/em> British statistician David J. Hand argues that the things we call \u201cmiracles\u201d due to their sheer improbability of happening naturally are nothing more than quirks of mathematical inevitability.<\/p>\n<p>To boil down his argument: Things that have a statistically small chance of occurring happen all the time, and as human beings, we\u2019re wired to notice them when they do. He concludes that randomness causing extraordinary coincidences is far more likely than any supernatural or spiritual explanation.<\/p>\n<p>He uses many examples of extraordinary coincidences in his book, but the one he begins with\u2013by sheer coincidence, he\u2019d say\u2013is the first celebrity story we shared in the very first issue of <em>Mysterious Ways<\/em>: the story of <a href=\"http:\/\/guideposts.org\/inspiration\/mysterious-ways\/by-the-book\">George Feifer&#8217;s book <em>The Girl From Petrovka <\/em>that actor Anthony Hopkins discovered on the London Underground<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear why Hand begins with this example. It\u2019s crazy enough to give even the greatest skeptic something to puzzle over. The only explanations seem to be that something or someone set the whole thing up, or that Hopkins and Feifer are accomplished liars. Hand, however, offers up a third explanation that fits with his area of expertise: the law of truly large numbers. \u201cWith a large enough number of opportunities, any outrageous thing is likely to happen,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not arguing with him here. Unlikely events <em>do<\/em> happen every day\u2013that\u2019s what we believe at <em>Mysterious Ways<\/em> too. <a href=\"http:\/\/guideposts.org\/submit-your-mysterious-ways-story-0\">Our inbox is overflowing with your stories<\/a> that prove that point. But while I respect his statistical analysis, I don\u2019t believe it does anything to prove that a greater force isn\u2019t at work. After all, just because something is likely doesn\u2019t account for how \u201crandom\u201d events so often become transformative moments in our lives. It wasn\u2019t \u201cany outrageous thing\u201d that happened to Anthony Hopkins on that train\u2013he found the exact book he was looking for, at the exact time he needed it, and it was the exact copy that belonged to the author. That level of precision\u2013the fact that this \u201coutrageous thing\u201d fulfilled his needs, supplied a missing piece to a life that, at the time, was going dangerously off the rails&#8230; how many opportunities were there for that event to occur? It needed to happen, and it did.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not saying that\u2019s proof of God. No one can say that for sure. There\u2019s no way to prove the divine\u2013that\u2019s why we call it faith. But as we go through life and these moments pile up on us, they serve as touchstones for our faith. 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