Miracle, Luck, Fate, Timing, God, etc.

[We Never Know]

When things seem to defy the impossible, normal, expected, against the odds, etc.... What do you contribute that to?

For example John Doe has a car wreck at 110 mph. His car rolls 9 times, catches fire, and he is thrown from the wreckage but he walks away with only a few scrapes and bruises.

You say.......?

 

[Jeremiah Ames]

he was drunk?

 

[We Never Know]

he was drunk?

I've heard the saying drunk people fare better because they don't tense up. But fact is not all drunk people react the same or even act drunk.

 

[Spirit of Light]

When things seem to defy the impossible, normal, expected, against the odds, etc.... What do you contribute that to?

For example John Doe has a car wreck at 110 mph. His car rolls 9 times, catches fire, and he is thrown from the wreckage but he walks away with only a few scrapes and bruises.

You say.......?

I say Allah (or God if you like) save people from going to early.
This is just my belief so its ok if others see it different.

 

[sayak83]

When things seem to defy the impossible, normal, expected, against the odds, etc.... What do you contribute that to?

For example John Doe has a car wreck at 110 mph. His car rolls 9 times, catches fire, and he is thrown from the wreckage but he walks away with only a few scrapes and bruises.

You say.......?

Luck.

 

[sun rise]

Luck, fate, chance, good karma - take your pick. Or we could in typical fashion offer different opinions, claim that we are right and those that disagree are wrong. That's the way the game is played.

I'm going to pass on this one.

 

[Heyo]

When things seem to defy the impossible, normal, expected, against the odds, etc.... What do you contribute that to?

Statistics, most likely.

For example John Doe has a car wreck at 110 mph. His car rolls 9 times, catches fire, and he is thrown from the wreckage but he walks away with only a few scrapes and bruises.

You say.......?

Improbable things happen every week. The chances of winning the lottery (depending on the lottery) are about 1 in 10 billion but it happens anyway - and frequently.

 

[74x12]

When things seem to defy the impossible, normal, expected, against the odds, etc.... What do you contribute that to?

For example John Doe has a car wreck at 110 mph. His car rolls 9 times, catches fire, and he is thrown from the wreckage but he walks away with only a few scrapes and bruises.

You say.......?

It might be some kind of miracle or it might just be random chance. Maybe fate was involved. There are many possible answers.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Miracle, Luck, Fate, Timing, God, etc.

Well I would claim luck for the tougher patch of grass existing so as to halt my slide over a cliff and timing for my missing the front of a car on my motorbike (with some skill involved). Can't recall ever witnessing a miracle or God in action. Perhaps my life has been fate though.

 

[Aupmanyav]

For example John Doe has a car wreck at 110 mph. His car rolls 9 times, catches fire, and he is thrown from the wreckage but he walks away with only a few scrapes and bruises. You say.......?

Tiger Woods, escaped with a broken leg.
John Doe could have killed three pedestrians, but thank Allah, that did not happen.
Read about Probability (Probability - Wikipedia), Uncertainty (Uncertainty - Wikipedia), Randomness (Randomness - Wikipedia).

 

[We Never Know]

Statistics, most likely.

Improbable things happen every week. The chances of winning the lottery (depending on the lottery) are about 1 in 10 billion but it happens anyway - and frequently.

The lottery is made to win, so it will eventually have a winner.

I guess many things seem impossible until they happen which makes them possible.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

When things seem to defy the impossible, normal, expected, against the odds, etc.... What do you contribute that to?

For example John Doe has a car wreck at 110 mph. His car rolls 9 times, catches fire, and he is thrown from the wreckage but he walks away with only a few scrapes and bruises.

You say.......?

And all the times something like this happens (or something even less severe) and the person doesn't walk away at all? Then you say... ?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

When things seem to defy the impossible, normal, expected, against the odds, etc.... What do you contribute that to?

Confirmation bias. Unlikely things happen all the time.

There are 7 billion people in the world. This means that at any given moment, there are about 7,000 people experiencing something that has a 1 in a million chance.

For example John Doe has a car wreck at 110 mph. His car rolls 9 times, catches fire, and he is thrown from the wreckage but he walks away with only a few scrapes and bruises.

You say.......?

I say that a hypothetical scenario that you just invented doesn't need an explanation.

 

[We Never Know]

And all the times something like this happens (or something even less severe) and the person doesn't walk away at all? Then you say... ?

Either way I say "it is what it is"

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

The lottery is made to win, so it will eventually have a winner.

I guess many things seem impossible until they happen which makes them possible.

I find the lottery an interesting case.

Imagine picking the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 to win (assuming a 7-number lottery). Intuitively, we tend to think that this combination could never come up... but the truth is that it's just as likely as any other combination of 7 numbers.

We overemphasize rare events that strike us as meaningful.

 

[SigurdReginson]

Chance, or ignorance to deeper understanding of what's actually at work...

I've heard of people healing from certain diseases and calling it a "miracle," then we discover how this disease actually works on a deeper level and develope a cure for it; all the sudden, people healing from that disease becomes a mundane occurrence. Interesting how that works.

 

[PureX]

I'm content to let the mystery be.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Luck.

I'll say. *grin*