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Did you know the Welsh word for pearl sounds just like the Mandarin word for swine… now that can’t be chance, can it?!

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Now, there's no denying that seeing such a list [of linked concepts in different languages] is suggestive, and that it seems like there must be something in it. I'll maintain, however, that this is simply self-delusion-- a consequence of the human ability to make connections even in the face of near-random data.

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I'll maintain, however, that this is simply self-delusion-- a consequence of the human ability to make connections even in the face of near-random data.

Which could explain "synchronicity".

But it wouldn't convince James Bond, who said:

"Once is circumstance. Twice is happen-stance. Three times is enemy action."





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