(March 5, 2016 at 2:06 am)AJW333 Wrote:Let's say, for argument's sake, that the odds of that happening by sheer chance are a billion to one.(March 5, 2016 at 1:21 am)Kitan Wrote: I think it counts for you because you are susceptible enough to believe it.
For the rest of us, however, we need more than that.
It has nothing to do with susceptibility but probabilities. What would be the statistical chances of two individuals having the same dream about the same person concerning a future event that then transpires? fifty fifty? two to one? A million to one? A billion to one?
Out of every billion people on earth, one has such a dream at the same time as someone else in their close vicinity and it's temporally close to the actual dream "coming true".
How many people are right now on the face of this planet?
7 billion!
That means that, by sheer luck, 6 more people are having the same sort of prophetic dreams as your wife and her sister.
Still way more likely than god-did-it.
How about you learn some statistics?
(March 5, 2016 at 2:06 am)AJW333 Wrote: If we look at the fact that there are multiple factors that have to happen, the numbers would be astronomically high against this occurring by random chance. If you want to ignore the numbers, that is your prerogative but I regard them as significant. Each to his own.
As I see it, you're the one who fails at properly grasping the numbers...
Also, "chance" is a word that describes our ignorance of all the factors that play a role in a particular outcome. Just because we don't know them all, doesn't mean they're unknowable (in theory), just unavailable in practice.
