Story of the day

[andrewducker]

Chatting to octopoid_horror about the lucky coincidence of one of the 7/7 bombings happening outside of the HQ of the British Medical Association, and he told me that:
A girl at work tore a tendon and fractured her foot playing rugby. Luckily one team was all physiotherapists and the other was all nurses.

One wonders just how often these things happen...

Comments

[broin.livejournal.com]

Supposedly Feymann:

“You know, the most amazing thing happened to me tonight. I was coming here, on the way to the lecture, and I came in through the parking lot. And you won’t believe what happened. I saw a car with the license plate ARW 357. Can you imagine? Of all the millions of license plates in the state, what was the chance that I would see that particular one tonight? Amazing!”

[andrewducker]

Yes, you're the second person to point out that coincidences happen all the time, and are not statistically any more interesting than the huge number of other things that happen.

That doesn't stop them being more interesting _to me_.

[broin.livejournal.com]

I didn't say they weren't interesting! Apologies, hugs. :)

[andrewducker]

Sorry, probably being oversensitive. I felt that that quote was saying "These are all miracles" - which _is_ entirely true, but misses the human factor that we extract meaning from certain events more than othrs.

[broin.livejournal.com]

I believe 'prone to pareidolia' is still on my profile here. =)

I know you know everything's equally likely. Sorry, I should have prefaced my post.

Feynman, you dick.

[andrewducker]

Dude! No making me laugh in the office! I get looks!

[broin.livejournal.com]

Hey, I know something that'll make you giggle. Check your email.