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447: What science says about coincidences & interpersonal energy | Psychiatrist Bernard Beitman, M.D.

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Finding Meaning in Every Coincident

How do we find that happy medium between over analyzing a coincidence that doesn't really have meaning versus you know finding trying to find meaning in every coincidence we see a daily basis? The ones who overdo it are a very important group for me as a psychiatrist because some of them show up in mental health people's offices where they see too many coincidences and they drive them crazy. A key part of a coincidence is whether you know how it's been caused. Once you have a cause for it then it's no longer a coincidence as I try to suggest at the beginning. If you have an explanation there's no coincidence. You can't do it all rationally which is what she wanted.

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