The Improbability Principle: Understanding Coincidence and Chance in Everyday Life
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An old woman had just lost her husband. I spoke to her on the phone. While I was talking to her, she mentioned that a butterfly flew into the room. The butterfly landed on her late husband's watch in front of her. She let out a cry of wonder and said, “This can't be a coincidence! The butterfly was his favorite animal. He comes to greet me.” I could understand her reaction and did not contradict her. But David J. Hand's book “ The Improbability Principle ” offers insight into why events we think cannot be a coincidence are more common than we think and why our intuitive responses are often misleading.