7th December 2006, 2:42 PM
That is not "beyond the margin" for coincidence. Now I can say it's likely they did know about it, but to say there's "no way" is foolish and shows too much magical thinking, the sort that leads to moonlanding conspiracies and "the US bombed the towers from space".
All a coincidence means is two things happened at the same time. This wasn't even that. I mean when else WAS it going to happen? You need more than coincidence to establish something.
All a coincidence means is two things happened at the same time. This wasn't even that. I mean when else WAS it going to happen? You need more than coincidence to establish something.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)