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The algorithm and the omen
How recommendation feeds turn coincidence into a feeling of meaning.
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Friday, October 16, 2026 · 29 essays
Long-form essays about synchronicity, coincidence, and meaning. Each one is grounded in the Library, with the meaning-seeker's view and the skeptic's view side by side.
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Serendipity in science
Penicillin, the microwave, and the discoveries that arrived by accident.
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Consciousness creates reality
Thomas Campbell's case that mind, not matter, is the ground of everything.
05 · 4 min read
The double-slit experiment
What observing a particle does and does not do, in plain words.
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The Role of Time and Timing in Meaningful Coincidence Timing can be a curious thing.
06 · 4 min read
Time and timing
08 · 4 min read
Luck and the illusion of control
Where luck ends and the story we tell about it begins.
09 · 4 min read
Dreams and synchronicity
Do dreams prime us to notice the matching events the next day?
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The frequency illusion
Why you see the new thing everywhere, once you know it's there.
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The Meaning-Seeker Perspective Those who lean towards the meaning-seeker viewpoint often interpret the idea of a simulated universe as both profound and potentially transformative.
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Is the universe a simulation?
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Confirming what you believe
Confirmation bias, the frequency illusion, and how they stack.
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Coincidence in History Coincidence is a curious aspect of human experience.
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Coincidence in history
20 · 4 min read
Synchronicity and quantum randomness
Real randomness, and what a spike can and cannot mean.
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The science of meaningful coincidences
What the studies actually found, and what they did not.
25 · 4 min read
Anxiety and the search for meaning
Why a restless mind hunts for patterns, and what helps.
