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I was really freaked out a few days ago. It was October 1, Tomoe and my birthday. As we were preparing for our special birthday dinner of homemade pizza and a bottle of wine that she had received from a client in Austria (was great, but nothing we would have voluntarily spent our own money on), I decided to tune into some of my favorite radio programs on the web, to catch up on any interesting programs I missed while I was away.

In a flash of inspiration, I decided to check The Infinite Mind archives first, browsing for anything interesting... What show do you think is the first one I noticed? *** shudder ***

It was a program about coincidence, and RIGHT IN THE SUMMARY, it says:

We've all experienced it - a friend calls just as we are thinking of him, or a romantic partner has the same birthday we do.

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As always it was an interesting program, and their probability scientist completely shattered any idea that Tomoe and I were obviously meant for each other, pointing out that the odds of finding someone with the same birthday are actually very good.

Should I rethink my decision to marry her?

Of course they point out how human survival is dependent on how our brain is designed to find causal structures in the world and manipulate it for our own advantage, so it is only natural that we would notice *anything* that *seems* to be related.

Another coinkidink, however, is that while I was home I purchased the complete DVD set of the most awesomest TV series EVER - Northern Exposure. The writers of the series (and hence Chris, the cerebral morning DJ) are fans of Carl Jung. THE DAY BEFORE I listened to this program about coincidence I did some Wikipedia-ing to learn more about Jung.

Wouldn't you know it - as someone who spent a great deal of time studying studying coincidence and synchronicity (a synchronistic event is a meaningful coincidence - as opposed to just a coincidence), he was mentioned often in the radio program as well...

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