{"id":15809,"date":"2026-03-10T12:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/the-science-of-coincidences\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:00:18","slug":"the-science-of-coincidences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/the-science-of-coincidences\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Coincidences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost everyone has experienced a chance encounter, benefitted from a series of seemingly miraculous events, noticed recurring themes in life, even had an occasion of \u201cmental telegraphy\u201d (a term coined by Mark Twain that <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/blog\/the-mystery-of-mark-twain-s-mental-telegraphy-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I blogged about a couple weeks ago<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The proof is in the stories that flood into my office at <em>Mysterious Ways<\/em>. But from a scientific standpoint, the mainstream view has always been that these incredible stories are just coincidences and not anything more meaningful.<\/p>\n<p>Given the world\u2019s population, all manner of things, however improbable, are still technically possible. Skeptics of higher power call this <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/blogs\/mysterious-ways\/a-skeptic%E2%80%99s-encounter-with-mysterious-ways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cthe law of large numbers.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But a new, interdisciplinary field, appropriately called \u201ccoincidence studies,\u201d is beginning to take shape. Rather than simply using mathematics and probability to explain away such incidents as meaningless, these studies view coincidences as a multi-faceted phenomenon to be approached from many different angles.<\/p>\n<p>Its figurehead, Dr. Bernard Beitman, professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia, outlined the goals and parameters of this new field in a highly readable article (even for non- scientists) published in <em>Psychiatric Annals<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">\u201cMany people, especially people with scientific training, dismiss coincidences as simply a matter of chance: accidents or anomalies generated by randomness. This dismissal, however, assumes that coincidences are inherently meaningless or insignificant. Without supporting evidence, this assumption is hardly scientific.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A skeptic assumes that a chance event is only meaningful because people want them to be meaningful\u2013end of story. According to Dr. Beitman, the question of why we desire to find meaning in coincidences and how we\u2019re able to identify them is something that\u2019s worth further study.<\/p>\n<p>After all, moments of serendipity are far from inconsequential\u2014they\u2019ve led to many <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/discovering-serendipity-in-our-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">famous discoveries and scientific breakthroughs<\/a>. Dr. Beitman quotes Louis Pasteur: \u201cChance favors the prepared mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Beitman, it\u2019s possible that the very search for meaning has an effect on the reality we perceive:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">\u201cFrom [a] Newtonian perspective the world around us functions like a clock, with its rules and regularities unconnected to the mind of the scientist. However, in his theory of relativity, Einstein showed us that the position and speed of the observer influences measurement outcomes\u2026 As in quantum physics, the act of observation brings the potential coincidence into reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bietman is not going so far as to say that Mark Twain could control his moments of mental telegraphy, but Twain\u2019s belief in his in abilities had something to do with the high frequency of strange coincidences in his life.<\/p>\n<p>The most interesting aspect of this burgeoning field of study is the category of coincidence Dr. Beitman calls \u201csimulpathity,\u201d feeling someone else\u2019s distress\u2014even at a distance, even without knowing the circumstances behind that distress. Dr. Beitman freely acknowledges that simulpathity suggests some people \u201care more closely bonded than scientific thought holds possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can science really learn to take \u201ccoincidence\u201d seriously? Perhaps it could use more case studies to investigate. We\u2019ll have to send Dr. Beitman a subscription to <em>Mysterious Ways<\/em>. In the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/submit-your-mysterious-ways-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keep sharing your true experiences with us! <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost everyone has experienced a chance encounter, benefitted from a series of seemingly miraculous events, noticed recurring themes in life, even had an occasion of \u201cmental telegraphy\u201d (a term coined by Mark Twain that I blogged about a couple weeks ago. The proof is in the stories that flood into my office at Mysterious Ways. 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