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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?! http://www.zompist.com/chance.htm)
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Alternatively… 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.http://www.zompist.com/proto.htm)
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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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