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Mark Gagnon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
22033 total appearances

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Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

So the Jim twins.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

I mean, this is a fascinating example of how the same data can support multiple different frameworks.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

If you're calling it a coincidence, you're basically saying it's, you know, genetics.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

These guys are predisposed to be similar and they're both living in America around the same area.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

And there's common naming trends and, you know, very popular types of cigarettes.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

Maybe they smoke the same thing.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

It's just, you know, math.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

What if it's a synchronicity?

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

Well, if it's a synchronicity, you would argue that this is some type of meaningful pattern pointing to some type of connection between them that is inexplicable and beyond our understanding of physics.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

And is it a miracle?

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

Only if you believe that God somehow arranged this to be so.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

Now, we have another prediction.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

This one is strange.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

This is the Titanic prediction.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

In 1898, 14 years before the Titanic sank, a novelist named Morgan Robertson published a book called Futility, or The Wreck of the Titan.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

In it, a massive unsinkable ship called the Titan strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic in April and sinks with enormous loss of life due to insufficient lifeboats.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

The Titan was about 800 feet long.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

The Titanic was about 882 feet long.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

Both were described as the largest ships ever built.

Camp Gagnon
The Creepy Science of Coincidences

Both hit icebergs on the starboard side.