The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #41455   Message #599033
Posted By: Murray MacLeod
27-Nov-01 - 10:14 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ever get the feeling ....?
Subject: RE: BS: Ever get the feeling ....?
The problem with all these premonitions is the time lapse factor. (This is covered in the "Science of Chance"). Having a feeling of foreboding at 8.00 in the morning and disater striking at 9.20 just doesn't compute. I mean, how much time do you allow for your foreboding to come true?

I agree that some coincidences are spooky, but that is still all they are, coincidences. When you consider the millions of "premonitions" (caused by indigestion, hangovers, PMS, or God knows what) which people must experience every day, it is hardly surprising that one or two of them will in fact come to pass. In fact it would be statistically surprising if none of them ever came true.

There you go Spaw, your premonition has come true at last (I hope)

Murray