matching words

As of the 23rd May 2022 this website is archived and will receive no further updates.

understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

Many of the animations were produced using Flash and will no longer work.

I often read a book while my wife is watching television. It frequently happens that a word or phrase just spoken on television is the one i have just read at exactly the same time. I would expect this to happen with very commonly used words or where I am reading a newspaper and the news is on TV. However, it often happens with uncommon or obscure words or phrases, and what makes it seem strange is that the word is spoken at precisely the same moment that I am reading it. It happens so frequently that I now expect it and it's no longer remarkable. I haven't heard other people talk about this, but wonder how common it really is.
Total votes: 1306
Date submitted:Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:32:53 +0000Coincidence ID:3284

Comments

Barry

Sat, 14/01/2012 - 6:22pm

Coincidence! I have just posted on this website exactly the same thing happening to me - and it is uncommon words on tv/radio spoken as I'm reading that word. It happens daily to me too!