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"What's your creepiest coincidence?"
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- r/AskReddit (paraphrased)
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Recurring megathreads asking for the creepiest coincidence people have experienced, drawing thousands of stories — a crowd-sourced library of the uncanny.
"What's your creepiest coincidence?" is a recurring megathread that reliably draws thousands of answers — a crowd-sourced library of the uncanny, updated every time it is asked. The stories are specific, vivid, and impossible to read without a shiver.
They are also a natural experiment in the law of truly large numbers. With thousands of people each living thousands of days, astonishing coincidences are not just possible but guaranteed — and the astonishing ones are the only ones posted. The thread is the entire topic in miniature: real experiences, real feeling, and a selection process that does the rest.
The meaning
The sheer volume and specificity of the stories is, for many, the most persuasive evidence that something strange is going on.
The skeptic
With thousands of people each living thousands of days, the law of truly large numbers guarantees a thread full of astonishing stories. The astonishing ones are selected; the ordinary ones are not posted.
About this post
A paraphrase of the many megathreads where thousands of people share their most uncanny coincidences.
Key takeaways
- Thousands of first-person uncanny stories, crowd-sourced.
- A natural experiment in the law of truly large numbers.
- Paraphrased; individual stories are unverifiable.