George Green – Coincidences are interesting things.  They’re considered remarkable because their combined occurrence seems improbable.  But sometimes, improbable occurrences really happen.  Lightning really has struck the same location twice — on rare occasions.

But when coincidences start to stack up, their probability of jointly occurring becomes exceedingly low.  One begins to wonder if they are not coincidences at all.  Could they really be linked outcomes from the same underlying root cause?

In the past year and a half, we have witnessed a remarkable string of apparent coincidences. Continue reading →