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34. Twain’s Comet

Mark Twain was a comedic seer.
“Hold on,” you might be thinking now, “comedy—sure, but a fortune teller?”
Well, Twain predicted his own death. Having been born during a passing of Halley’s Comet in 1835, Twain proclaimed that he came in with the comet, and expected to go out with it. Sure enough, the day of the next Halley’s Comet revolution, Twain passed away.
33. Flight Luck
It’s a great feeling when you find a cheap flight, and an even better feeling when you find an even cheaper one, and swap your tickets. But it’s hard to imagine the feeling when you learn your previous flight has crashed. Maarten de Jong knows this feeling all too well, though, as this happened to him not once but twice, as he was traveling around Malaysia to try out for Malaysia’s Terengganu cycling team. That’s right, de Jong had a flight on both of Malaysia Airline’s tragic flights and changed his ticket to a cheaper flight at the last minute.
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32. It’s Raining Babies, Baby
They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but how about babies? Imagine you’re just walking along your daily stroll, and bam!
A baby comes crashing down on you. That would suck, not only for you, but also for that poor baby. Now imagine that same thing happens to you TWICE. That’s the story of Joseph Figlock, and twice a baby came tumbling out of a window above his head,
only to survive by having its fall broken by Figlock.

Originally posted by Taurisk: ↑

@NoBoDe re your 'white house' post - just proves that some 'crazies' will always find patterns, no matter where

this is from an article titled: Connecting the dots: Illusory pattern perception predicts belief in conspiracies and the supernaturalby Jan-Willem van Prooijen, Karen M. Douglas and Clara De Inocencio,

the article connects the ability of humans to find patterns in all things, firstly useful, but an exaggeration of such as an indication that those people often hold conspiratorial views and are prone so superstitions (i.e.our societies are governed by shape-changing monsters - as Qanon followers do in the U.s.a.)

Conspiracy theories are commonly defined as the assumption that a group of people colludes together in secret to attain evil goals (e.g., Zonis & Joseph, 1994). While conspiracies can and do occur, and hence not all conspiracy theories are irrational (e.g., Watergate; The Iran-Contra-Affair), many conspiracy theories that citizens believe are unlikely in light of logic or scientific evidence, including theories that 9–11 was an inside job, that the pharmaceutical industry deliberately spreads diseases, or that climate change is a lie fabricated by scientists.

Supernatural beliefs are defined as beliefs that violate scientifically founded principles of nature, including superstition, belief in the paranormal, horoscopes, and telepathy (Lindeman & Aarnio, 2007). Such irrational beliefs are not necessarily harmless. Belief in conspiracy theories predicts maladaptive perceptions and behaviors such as withdrawal from politics, decreased civic virtue, hostility, and radicalization etc. etc.

Go well
Taurisk

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I think more coincidences go on when we realise,,like when you feel I am about to call
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