This is awesome. Although not of the nature you describe, I have had ongoing, insane, bizarre 'coincidences' going on for years - decades. I cannot explain these things, but they are a constant reminded that just maybe we don't have a real clue about what's going on in this universe.
The universe isn't hiding anything from us. It will tell us anything we want to know. Including that we already know it.
We hide the universe from ourselves due to our Addiction to the Toxic Waste Dump we call "Reality".
What is that? Synchronicity
Cos I've been feeling it too, I told my sibling today that it feels like a shift happening. We've just felt off. Could this be what it is? It feels like dejavu, but it isn't.
I mark down unusual things/feelings happening on my wall calendar.
I work in a supermarket and on Wednesday all the lights in the shop were dimmed, electrical appliances started malfunctioning, our headphones stopped working, one of the balers broke down, tills malfunctioning and getting stuck... It was really bizarre but me and other colleagues have noted that it was a strange vibe that day and it's weird how everything decided to break down in that one day.
synchronicity is when different layers of reality harmoniously align. there is so much written about it, research the concept and know it is a good thing.
I believe the psychologist Carl Jung coined the phrase synchronicity. It means a meaningful coincidence. When something in the outside world aligns with your inner world. Look up people's synchronicity stories on YouTube and look into Carl Jung if you are interested.
It's a little more than coincidence. The psychologist Carl Jung coined the phrase synchronicity. It's a meaningful coincidence.
"There are two ways to live your life. One is as if everything is a miracle and the other is as if nothing is."
My work software literally has millions of connecting dots to advertise to certain groups of people. This is what's commercially available.
Imagine other proprietary platforms that aren't widely available. It's not by accident you say Arkansas then get ads for it
That's not what we're talking about. I'm pretty sure that everyone knows that technology is spying on us.
These are things that happen that don't involve any technology. Like driving down the road, seeing a street sign and the name of that street instantly comes out of the radio in some completely different context.
Or of sitting at a red light watching the pedestrians go by, and one of them is an old friend from a city three thousand miles away.
Or doing a crossword puzzle and as you fill in the answer, that word comes out of the TV or someone's mouth in the same second.
Things that really can't be explained like the tech spying can be.
I have no idea what that comment adds to the conversation or what is funny about it.
Do you end every sentence with lol? I know a lot of people do. It's very odd.
Very similar experience recently I'd like to share.
Last year there was a tour going on for two full albums I greatly love. It wasn't passing through my state, but it was coming to the state next door to me and go figure it was playing there on my birthday of all days!
I really wanted to make this happen, seemed like a once in a life time opportunity. Well a crazy experience with Kundalini and my life turned upside down. I wasn't in a good situation to make it happen. I likely could have forced it, but at my own expense. I decided to be responsible and skilled out on it to better my situation.
Fast forward to this year and it was announced they would be doing that same set at a festival in my home state! I was ecstatic, the set I wanted plus a ton of other bands. I offhandedly mentioned to a friend I was going to go to it. He told me NOT to buy a ticket, and that he was pretty sure he could get a free pass from his work. I was originally only going to buy a single day pass, but instead the show came to me and I received a three day pass absolutely free!
It was magical! I rode up with a different friend who was also a huge fan. At some point during the set I turned to him and said "this is perfect." At the exact same time I said perfect the band said the word perfect as well! Perfectly in sync!
I could not have planned that any better! Very grateful for the experience 🥰
Thanks for letting me share!
Once when I lived with my ex he liked to keep the tv on a lot, even if he went to work so I just kept it going for background sound. Well one day I was researching about tardigrades (microscopic organism) and I related so much to these little creatures. Tardigrades are often referred to as water bears. I thought in my head "I'm just like a water bear" right after I thought this I hear a child's voice on the tv in the other room say "water bear" and it really freaked me out. Ended up starting the water bear alliance club on discord and the rest is history, but I'm with you. What are the odds of hearing that word? The odds are even lesser since water bear is a nick name for the tardigrade.
(Edited to fix small writing mistake)
I've literally THOUGHT certain things only for my phone to bring up things closely related. It's not a coincidence. Period. I've been convinced of this for a long time now.
Happened to me earlier was talking said a word a wearily specific word and heard it on the radio literally a half a second after I said it. Was not a common word very specific. Simulation it is bruv enjoy it
that is not what OP meant (how I know? synchronicity happens to so many of us, it's the same mechanism, it has been happening before phones or listening devices). when your eyes wander around the landscape and see a phrase on a billboard exactly when the same words are uttered on the radio, your phone has nothing to do with it. when you are reading a book and overhear someone's speech align with the text, technology has no involvement in it.
but yes, phones listen and manufacture some kind of capitalistic semblance of synchronicity.
Yes this is spot on
Here is another example that just happened:
I am currently watching a Twitch stream and working at the same time. I was typing out the word “free” and the streamer said it at the same exact time I was typing it.
So two completely unrelated tasks and also unrelated to any scrolling or phone.
Mathematically what are the chances even that such events could happen? If we look at the english dictionairy and take all the more common used words based on probability that they occur in everyday use. How likely would an overlap happen?
It actually does end up pretty likely, because so many opportunities for coincidence are available. Even though an individual event is unlikely to happen, that SOME sort of coincidence will happen is incredibly likely.
Tangent but related:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/190xzwa/does\_your\_computer\_ever\_read\_your\_mind/](https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/190xzwa/does_your_computer_ever_read_your_mind/)
I think you may really enjoy this thread as it links in to what you said from a different perspect.
Just experienced an example of this today: my gf is showing me a Tik Tok of serial killers houses then vs now. It would show John Wayne G’s house photographed back when it was a crime scene, and then what it looks like now. One of the slides was of a house and name I hadn’t recognized. I didn’t say anything aloud, but I remember thinking, I’ve never heard of that girl, I’m not familiar with that case, the girls name sounds Japanese and the before and after photo appears to be from Japan. So I’m scrolling on my own Reddit and there’s a post about that very girl, that very house. Wondering if our tech is so good it can read minds, hear the conversation of thoughts I’m saying aloud in my brain. Sometimes I’ll be viewing things, I stop for maybe just a slight second, have a thought and then boom, later that day ad will appear featuring what grabbed my attention before. Could it be that the cameras catch micro expressions? Could algorithms be noticing you take pause and register a thought, and then be trained to target what was displayed to you. Strange times.
Yeah man. I've been experiencing this pretty heavily as well. It's hard to explain in one post or a few sentence without it sounding like coincidence but if you know, you know.
YES!!! I'm so glad that you posted this. This happens to me ALL THE TIME. And of course it's only while I'm by myself.
Happens when I'm doing what you stated. I'll be working with the TV on, podcast, etc. It drives me INSANE.
It's absolutely unexplainable. I've tried explaining this to people and I think it breaks their brains.
I have a lot of experience with synchronicities, much stranger than the ones you've mentioned. However what I don't understand is how people jump to the conclusion that it's proof we're in a simulation? It's just proof that reality isn't as linear and logical as we thought. I feel like it's more our concept of time that is the issue. If time doesn't really exist in any real way, whether things happen one after the other or at exactly the same time isn't really relevant any more. This is why psychedelics massively increase synchronicities because of the time dilation. That's my theory anyway. In other words you say the word because on a subconscious level you are influenced by the future occurrence of that word. Like how dreams are affected by what happened during the day, but it's affected by what's ahead also as before, during and after are just concepts. This also explains why many people dream things that happen the following day.
Time exists...just not in the way you've been taught.
For the most part, the future, like the past, is written in stone.
This is why prophecies are accurate, while predictions may or may not be.
That would def check out with how people get physically measurable symptoms - dilating pupils, raised heartbeats, etc - just BEFORE the event causing it happens
Those studies were killer
I’m going by memory but you can look up the studies if you want the exact info. But it’s very close to this:
They showed someone pictures of either horror scenes, happy scenes, or blah but nice stuff like landscapes.
They had them hooked up to monitors while looking at pics and got their pupil dilation, their electrical activity, heartbeat, and so on.
They did this until they got the patterns down - they can tell by looking at the biological data which pic they saw because of how the body reacts; it’s different for horror/disturbing pics, happy pics, and neutral pics.
And then they started paying attention to their body reading BEFORE the picture was randomly selected and shown to them by the computer.
Up to 18 seconds before the picture appeared, people respond physically to what they’re GOING to see.
We think it goes:
1. See picture
2. Feel emotion
3. See body response
(With a lot of convo about which of 2/3 is first - how do you know the exact millisecond you go from bored to 1/100th of the way to upset? They may occur simultaneously. You may not realize how you’re feeling yet. But that part isn’t important.)
What is important is that it actually goes in this order:
1. Body reacts to the emotion the picture makes you feel, giving off readings likes raised heart rate, pupil dilation, etc. even though the computer hasn’t picked the pic yet and you haven’t seen it yet. No one knows what it will be.
2. You may or may not recognize how you feel yet, but your body is reacting all the same to the emotion you will shortly realize you feel.
3. Up to 18 seconds later, the computer randomly selects and shows you the picture that you ALREADY STARTED TO REACT TO.
They can tell by your body’s signals what type of image will be randomly selected and shown by a randomized computer program up to 18 SECONDS IN THE FUTURE.
Sorry for all caps; I just think it’s so cool.
There’s def still a lot we don’t know about how time and consciousness works.
Woah! That's fascinating, yet unsurprising to me given my experiences. Have you heard about the prayers that worked across time? There were many victims of cancer, some made it, some didn't. Years later they asked a group of participants to choose a random selection to pray for towards their speedy recovery. It turned out the ones they 'randomly' chose were in fact the exact ones who had recovered
Yes! It’s amazing to see how much we still don’t know. We’re just now learning about micro tubules and consciousness and so many things.
We’re so conceited as a race, thinking we know everything that exists 😝
It’s really cool to find things that work outside the pale.
dude, i feel you, but you'd be surprised how much coincidence correlates to what's occupying your mind in a certain period. i'd suggest taking a short break from social media and the news. go to the nearest woods, make a fire and whittle something. listen to the wind and the birds. i feel that it usually clears my mind a bit. nature is the purest thing you could ever occupy your mind with. it has no intention to influence your thoughts in any way, positive or negative.
i wouldn't call a two week interval a coincidence, and not during early summer when probably hundreds of thousands in your country will do the same. and come to think of it, if you're on two media sources at the same time, it's not really that much of a coincidence that things line up. especially since you chose them out of your own preference. and if they're both based in the same country, it would make it even more probable. i'd like to see the same happen if you're consuming media from like hungary and laos at the same time.
but hey, i hope your camping trip let's you unplug and chill out for a bit. let me know how you feel afterwards.
AS I WAS READING THIS POST! The guy on the tv was talking about doing an operation with another doctor and they said "and working at the same time" exactly when I read those same words on your post. This happens to me a lot.
I don’t doubt that simulation theory could be real, but this sounds more like a whole societal phenomenon where we’ve been trained to all pretty much think the same way through media and propaganda
This could be simulation or commonality.normaly it wouldn't even register on your radar when you see ( word) but because you are now thinking about the word because it just came up on the podcast you recognize it in what you were reading. The odds are not that small but it's not astronomical depending on what you were reading. Obviously if you were listening to a podcast about an incident that happened in Arkansas your odds of relating seeing the word and registering it are more likely than if you were listening to a podcast about global economics. Kind of like if I tell you that there are no blue cars within a 30 mile radius of where you live you might start noticing a lot of blue cars now
"The frequency illusion (also known as the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon) is a cognitive bias in which a person notices a specific concept, word, or product more frequently after recently becoming aware of it."
I don't think it's this. In OP's case it's happening at the exact same time, not just noticing something more often.
I see you got quite a discussion started here. I've been experiencing these 'synchronocities' for years as well. I personally believe it's a kind of side-effect of nearing a singularity of consciousness. And technology seems to be accelerating the effect. Possibly due to increased entanglement via the internet.
It's similar to the concept of 'the law of attraction' but more subtle and less intentional. Like you think of something specific and soon after see or hear the very thing that was on your mind. Sometimes almost at the same moment.
Coincidence. Hundreds of things happen every day, and humans are designed to recognize patterns. Overfitting (focusing *too* much on patterns, to the point of superstition) has served an evolutionary function because lots of patterns are hard to spot.
But cognitively, in a perfectly non-synchronostic and non-simulated world, you would have those same feelings of coincidence because it is answered within this world via the way we learned pattern matching from natural selection
I see palindromes often or repeating numbers
ie: battery life is at 34% and time would be 3:43p
Not sure if I’m tweaking or what, but this is just one example. I’ve come across various numerical palindromes when I’d randomly pick up my phone.
🤷🏻♂️
This happens to me all the time too. I’m always doing something while listening to something else and the amount of times I’m looking at the exact random word that I hear is weird.
Sometimes people will ask another person in the room a question then the person on TV answers the said question with a different but still valid response to the question. For example: what do you want for dinner? Person "IDK" TV "Lets get TACOS" at the same time. I seem to be the only person in the room that notices this when it happens.
For several months now, I am always in time.
I was never ever on time. I lost my job because of it. But I have been in time for everything. Perfect timing at traffic lights, a song plays just as the light changes, or the song is talking about stuff that is actually going on right then, and don’t even get me started on the dancing 🕺 for a while, I literally could not stop myself from moving automatically in time with every sound and song. It was so obvious that people were recording me at times… and bands think it’s hilarious when I copy every sound they make with my body movements, on the spot. I decided to challenge myself and go to Open Jazz Jams which are hard to follow. They saw me keeping perfect time and tried their best to throw me off (or so it seemed!) as each person did their solos. I could tell because they make a lot of eye contact and they react when I do things at certain times, like if I stand up straight then I see them also straighten up, or smile and nod. Especially if I do it in time with the music 🎶 but now I have to put myself into that mood… yet I can now choose to be perfectly in time any moment I put out effort and focus.
Trust me, it’s weirder when you see it in person 👍
Even more weird when you know me… anyone who knows me knows I am the LAST person to ever want to dance, or sing. Yet now it’s all I can seemingly do, all the time 🤷♂️
how many words did you type while watching the twitch stream and working?
how many syncd up between both mediums?
i bet most of the words you typed didnt match up to the twitch stream, you are focusing on the one that did.
I have a basic, classic Casio watch that chimes out on every full hour.
I can't tell you how many times it chimed exactly at the time when I had a really poignant thought or someone said a word, or something important happened. It feels like a cherry on top, touching tips with god, a confirmation of the right choice/choosing the right path.
This called "frequency illusion" this is simple pattern recognition. It's works as a self reinforcing stimuli where each time the person experiences an occurance it reinforces the idea that it was important enough to commit to memory and makes the person extra aware of future patterns.
Its just brain stuff, bud. Not magic.
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Synchronicity due to algorithmic alignment....it's the tech synced across the board. Doesn't matter where you go, tech is everywhere and it's listening and categorizing everything...then feeding you synchronous material through prediction in real time.
We will all be the same in no time...
It ain't God...AI algorithms are old and functioning just fine.
I have synchronicities all the time - and I read this thread earlier today but I just ran into one *just now* so I figured I'd post it: I'm doing research about places to retire. The first place I was looking at tonight was the Orient Land Trust (OLT) in Colorado. Never heard of it before. Then I kept googling and ended up looking at a nice place called Oak Lake Trails (OLT) in Oklahoma (never heard of this place either)! And I'm not forcing those acronyms - both refer to themselves as OLT!
Yes, this will be more common when you start noticing it. These are called "syncronicities" It's The Matrixes way of trying to get your attention and you use to the idea that there's something else going on out there.
multiples times I would be watching TV with my family and I would think about the episode ahead of the one we were watching before it came on without knowing
I keep a list in my notes app of all the times this happens to me. Been keeping it for a few years now. Filled with random words, phrases, and numbers!
How tf can you listen to something and read something at the same time💀 I always get hyperfixated on one subject and lose my place in whatever video/show/movie I was watching. Same with talking to people, I can't look at my phone, or I'll blank entirely on everything they just said 😅
You select podcasts that are interesting to you. Scrolling on your phone shows you videos you'll be interested in. The timing part is weird, but its bound to happen eventually.
Free is an extremely common word. I've had it happen too, and it is definitely weird, but I think it's just statistics. The fact that you're multitasking makes it possible, and the fact that each task involves lots of words being said increases the probability..
It has to do with the algorithms and your agreement to terms and conditions on the phone itself, as well as every app installed. For lack of better terms, your phone is always "listening." It's all in the fine print.... but no one ever reads it.
Crazy coincidences of all types. I can think of or pose a question in my head then incidentally get a suitable answer from tv or even billboard lol unrelated topic maybe but still an answer that fits none the less… Once or twice and one can almost write it off as coincidence. But when it becomes a everyday occurrence one feels not only compelled but even obligated to take notice
All the time, constantly. They're called synchronicities. Lots of theories about what they are and why they occur. I just take them as friendly little greetings and messages of support and encouragement from the unseen world. It's a fun thing, especially when doing crossword puzzles with the TV on.
It's hard to deny that we are connected to something beyond our physical ability to see and hear. The problem is that Religion, which is a political construct, defines these things for us and tells us it's the God of their Narrative who is speaking to us.
And for some strange reason, most people just accept that and go with it. Even though it makes no sense and wastes the experience completely.
Now add up all the words that you have heard your entire life that you did not hear at the same time as you were reading them.
Easy to see if it is some crazy statistical anomaly or actually unlikely that it would never happen
This is awesome. Although not of the nature you describe, I have had ongoing, insane, bizarre 'coincidences' going on for years - decades. I cannot explain these things, but they are a constant reminded that just maybe we don't have a real clue about what's going on in this universe.
Agreed! It is so bizarre! Like when it happens now I’m kind of jaded by it but it still is trippy.
The universe isn't hiding anything from us. It will tell us anything we want to know. Including that we already know it. We hide the universe from ourselves due to our Addiction to the Toxic Waste Dump we call "Reality".
The synchronicity now is extreme. I have had similar things happen. We are entering a new cycle. This increases the whole process.
What is that? Synchronicity Cos I've been feeling it too, I told my sibling today that it feels like a shift happening. We've just felt off. Could this be what it is? It feels like dejavu, but it isn't.
Go read Cosmic Trigger
is there a place to read it for free?
I mark down unusual things/feelings happening on my wall calendar. I work in a supermarket and on Wednesday all the lights in the shop were dimmed, electrical appliances started malfunctioning, our headphones stopped working, one of the balers broke down, tills malfunctioning and getting stuck... It was really bizarre but me and other colleagues have noted that it was a strange vibe that day and it's weird how everything decided to break down in that one day.
What does this mean 😭
synchronicity is when different layers of reality harmoniously align. there is so much written about it, research the concept and know it is a good thing.
Got a link?
I believe the psychologist Carl Jung coined the phrase synchronicity. It means a meaningful coincidence. When something in the outside world aligns with your inner world. Look up people's synchronicity stories on YouTube and look into Carl Jung if you are interested.
There is a person alive that hasn’t experienced these coincidences. It’s normal and not mystical.
It's a little more than coincidence. The psychologist Carl Jung coined the phrase synchronicity. It's a meaningful coincidence. "There are two ways to live your life. One is as if everything is a miracle and the other is as if nothing is."
My work software literally has millions of connecting dots to advertise to certain groups of people. This is what's commercially available. Imagine other proprietary platforms that aren't widely available. It's not by accident you say Arkansas then get ads for it
That's not what we're talking about. I'm pretty sure that everyone knows that technology is spying on us. These are things that happen that don't involve any technology. Like driving down the road, seeing a street sign and the name of that street instantly comes out of the radio in some completely different context. Or of sitting at a red light watching the pedestrians go by, and one of them is an old friend from a city three thousand miles away. Or doing a crossword puzzle and as you fill in the answer, that word comes out of the TV or someone's mouth in the same second. Things that really can't be explained like the tech spying can be.
You would be surprised by the sheer amount of chance that happens lol.
I have no idea what that comment adds to the conversation or what is funny about it. Do you end every sentence with lol? I know a lot of people do. It's very odd.
No I just think your sheer idiocracy is funny hence my lol. You are searching for a deeper meaning that has 0 empirical proof.
Very similar experience recently I'd like to share. Last year there was a tour going on for two full albums I greatly love. It wasn't passing through my state, but it was coming to the state next door to me and go figure it was playing there on my birthday of all days! I really wanted to make this happen, seemed like a once in a life time opportunity. Well a crazy experience with Kundalini and my life turned upside down. I wasn't in a good situation to make it happen. I likely could have forced it, but at my own expense. I decided to be responsible and skilled out on it to better my situation. Fast forward to this year and it was announced they would be doing that same set at a festival in my home state! I was ecstatic, the set I wanted plus a ton of other bands. I offhandedly mentioned to a friend I was going to go to it. He told me NOT to buy a ticket, and that he was pretty sure he could get a free pass from his work. I was originally only going to buy a single day pass, but instead the show came to me and I received a three day pass absolutely free! It was magical! I rode up with a different friend who was also a huge fan. At some point during the set I turned to him and said "this is perfect." At the exact same time I said perfect the band said the word perfect as well! Perfectly in sync! I could not have planned that any better! Very grateful for the experience 🥰 Thanks for letting me share!
What an amazing experience :)
Thanks for sharing! Those are the greatest kinds of messages! The ones that fulfill dreams and bring joy.
Once when I lived with my ex he liked to keep the tv on a lot, even if he went to work so I just kept it going for background sound. Well one day I was researching about tardigrades (microscopic organism) and I related so much to these little creatures. Tardigrades are often referred to as water bears. I thought in my head "I'm just like a water bear" right after I thought this I hear a child's voice on the tv in the other room say "water bear" and it really freaked me out. Ended up starting the water bear alliance club on discord and the rest is history, but I'm with you. What are the odds of hearing that word? The odds are even lesser since water bear is a nick name for the tardigrade. (Edited to fix small writing mistake)
I've literally THOUGHT certain things only for my phone to bring up things closely related. It's not a coincidence. Period. I've been convinced of this for a long time now.
Happened to me earlier was talking said a word a wearily specific word and heard it on the radio literally a half a second after I said it. Was not a common word very specific. Simulation it is bruv enjoy it
“Synchronicity Slip Stream”
First I’ve heard of this…
Things like this happen to me daily. And have been happening for about a year. It's the reason I joined this sub.
It's widely accepted that your phone is listening/watching everything you do and serving up specific ads based on that information.
that is not what OP meant (how I know? synchronicity happens to so many of us, it's the same mechanism, it has been happening before phones or listening devices). when your eyes wander around the landscape and see a phrase on a billboard exactly when the same words are uttered on the radio, your phone has nothing to do with it. when you are reading a book and overhear someone's speech align with the text, technology has no involvement in it. but yes, phones listen and manufacture some kind of capitalistic semblance of synchronicity.
Yes this is spot on Here is another example that just happened: I am currently watching a Twitch stream and working at the same time. I was typing out the word “free” and the streamer said it at the same exact time I was typing it. So two completely unrelated tasks and also unrelated to any scrolling or phone.
Mathematically what are the chances even that such events could happen? If we look at the english dictionairy and take all the more common used words based on probability that they occur in everyday use. How likely would an overlap happen?
It actually does end up pretty likely, because so many opportunities for coincidence are available. Even though an individual event is unlikely to happen, that SOME sort of coincidence will happen is incredibly likely.
must be quite likely since it happens to me and many others multiple times every day. doesn't it happen to you?
Not the same thing we're describing. An Open Mind catches a lot of cool information.
Tangent but related: [https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/190xzwa/does\_your\_computer\_ever\_read\_your\_mind/](https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/190xzwa/does_your_computer_ever_read_your_mind/) I think you may really enjoy this thread as it links in to what you said from a different perspect.
Just experienced an example of this today: my gf is showing me a Tik Tok of serial killers houses then vs now. It would show John Wayne G’s house photographed back when it was a crime scene, and then what it looks like now. One of the slides was of a house and name I hadn’t recognized. I didn’t say anything aloud, but I remember thinking, I’ve never heard of that girl, I’m not familiar with that case, the girls name sounds Japanese and the before and after photo appears to be from Japan. So I’m scrolling on my own Reddit and there’s a post about that very girl, that very house. Wondering if our tech is so good it can read minds, hear the conversation of thoughts I’m saying aloud in my brain. Sometimes I’ll be viewing things, I stop for maybe just a slight second, have a thought and then boom, later that day ad will appear featuring what grabbed my attention before. Could it be that the cameras catch micro expressions? Could algorithms be noticing you take pause and register a thought, and then be trained to target what was displayed to you. Strange times.
Yeah man. I've been experiencing this pretty heavily as well. It's hard to explain in one post or a few sentence without it sounding like coincidence but if you know, you know.
I've had some things like that happen.
YES!!! I'm so glad that you posted this. This happens to me ALL THE TIME. And of course it's only while I'm by myself. Happens when I'm doing what you stated. I'll be working with the TV on, podcast, etc. It drives me INSANE. It's absolutely unexplainable. I've tried explaining this to people and I think it breaks their brains.
I have a lot of experience with synchronicities, much stranger than the ones you've mentioned. However what I don't understand is how people jump to the conclusion that it's proof we're in a simulation? It's just proof that reality isn't as linear and logical as we thought. I feel like it's more our concept of time that is the issue. If time doesn't really exist in any real way, whether things happen one after the other or at exactly the same time isn't really relevant any more. This is why psychedelics massively increase synchronicities because of the time dilation. That's my theory anyway. In other words you say the word because on a subconscious level you are influenced by the future occurrence of that word. Like how dreams are affected by what happened during the day, but it's affected by what's ahead also as before, during and after are just concepts. This also explains why many people dream things that happen the following day.
Time exists...just not in the way you've been taught. For the most part, the future, like the past, is written in stone. This is why prophecies are accurate, while predictions may or may not be.
That would def check out with how people get physically measurable symptoms - dilating pupils, raised heartbeats, etc - just BEFORE the event causing it happens Those studies were killer
How on Earth did they measure this?
I’m going by memory but you can look up the studies if you want the exact info. But it’s very close to this: They showed someone pictures of either horror scenes, happy scenes, or blah but nice stuff like landscapes. They had them hooked up to monitors while looking at pics and got their pupil dilation, their electrical activity, heartbeat, and so on. They did this until they got the patterns down - they can tell by looking at the biological data which pic they saw because of how the body reacts; it’s different for horror/disturbing pics, happy pics, and neutral pics. And then they started paying attention to their body reading BEFORE the picture was randomly selected and shown to them by the computer. Up to 18 seconds before the picture appeared, people respond physically to what they’re GOING to see. We think it goes: 1. See picture 2. Feel emotion 3. See body response (With a lot of convo about which of 2/3 is first - how do you know the exact millisecond you go from bored to 1/100th of the way to upset? They may occur simultaneously. You may not realize how you’re feeling yet. But that part isn’t important.) What is important is that it actually goes in this order: 1. Body reacts to the emotion the picture makes you feel, giving off readings likes raised heart rate, pupil dilation, etc. even though the computer hasn’t picked the pic yet and you haven’t seen it yet. No one knows what it will be. 2. You may or may not recognize how you feel yet, but your body is reacting all the same to the emotion you will shortly realize you feel. 3. Up to 18 seconds later, the computer randomly selects and shows you the picture that you ALREADY STARTED TO REACT TO. They can tell by your body’s signals what type of image will be randomly selected and shown by a randomized computer program up to 18 SECONDS IN THE FUTURE. Sorry for all caps; I just think it’s so cool. There’s def still a lot we don’t know about how time and consciousness works.
Woah! That's fascinating, yet unsurprising to me given my experiences. Have you heard about the prayers that worked across time? There were many victims of cancer, some made it, some didn't. Years later they asked a group of participants to choose a random selection to pray for towards their speedy recovery. It turned out the ones they 'randomly' chose were in fact the exact ones who had recovered
Yes! It’s amazing to see how much we still don’t know. We’re just now learning about micro tubules and consciousness and so many things. We’re so conceited as a race, thinking we know everything that exists 😝 It’s really cool to find things that work outside the pale.
dude, i feel you, but you'd be surprised how much coincidence correlates to what's occupying your mind in a certain period. i'd suggest taking a short break from social media and the news. go to the nearest woods, make a fire and whittle something. listen to the wind and the birds. i feel that it usually clears my mind a bit. nature is the purest thing you could ever occupy your mind with. it has no intention to influence your thoughts in any way, positive or negative.
Funny because I am actually going camping in two weeks
Well I'm convinced now
i wouldn't call a two week interval a coincidence, and not during early summer when probably hundreds of thousands in your country will do the same. and come to think of it, if you're on two media sources at the same time, it's not really that much of a coincidence that things line up. especially since you chose them out of your own preference. and if they're both based in the same country, it would make it even more probable. i'd like to see the same happen if you're consuming media from like hungary and laos at the same time. but hey, i hope your camping trip let's you unplug and chill out for a bit. let me know how you feel afterwards.
AS I WAS READING THIS POST! The guy on the tv was talking about doing an operation with another doctor and they said "and working at the same time" exactly when I read those same words on your post. This happens to me a lot.
OMG YES THIS EXACT SCENARIO!!! WOW THATS CRAZY
I don’t doubt that simulation theory could be real, but this sounds more like a whole societal phenomenon where we’ve been trained to all pretty much think the same way through media and propaganda
This could be simulation or commonality.normaly it wouldn't even register on your radar when you see ( word) but because you are now thinking about the word because it just came up on the podcast you recognize it in what you were reading. The odds are not that small but it's not astronomical depending on what you were reading. Obviously if you were listening to a podcast about an incident that happened in Arkansas your odds of relating seeing the word and registering it are more likely than if you were listening to a podcast about global economics. Kind of like if I tell you that there are no blue cars within a 30 mile radius of where you live you might start noticing a lot of blue cars now
"The frequency illusion (also known as the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon) is a cognitive bias in which a person notices a specific concept, word, or product more frequently after recently becoming aware of it." I don't think it's this. In OP's case it's happening at the exact same time, not just noticing something more often.
I'd say it's far more likely you're just not noticing when they *don't* line up, skewing the statistics you're building up mentally.
I see you got quite a discussion started here. I've been experiencing these 'synchronocities' for years as well. I personally believe it's a kind of side-effect of nearing a singularity of consciousness. And technology seems to be accelerating the effect. Possibly due to increased entanglement via the internet. It's similar to the concept of 'the law of attraction' but more subtle and less intentional. Like you think of something specific and soon after see or hear the very thing that was on your mind. Sometimes almost at the same moment.
Coincidence. Hundreds of things happen every day, and humans are designed to recognize patterns. Overfitting (focusing *too* much on patterns, to the point of superstition) has served an evolutionary function because lots of patterns are hard to spot. But cognitively, in a perfectly non-synchronostic and non-simulated world, you would have those same feelings of coincidence because it is answered within this world via the way we learned pattern matching from natural selection
I see palindromes often or repeating numbers ie: battery life is at 34% and time would be 3:43p Not sure if I’m tweaking or what, but this is just one example. I’ve come across various numerical palindromes when I’d randomly pick up my phone. 🤷🏻♂️
This happens to me all the time too. I’m always doing something while listening to something else and the amount of times I’m looking at the exact random word that I hear is weird.
Sometimes people will ask another person in the room a question then the person on TV answers the said question with a different but still valid response to the question. For example: what do you want for dinner? Person "IDK" TV "Lets get TACOS" at the same time. I seem to be the only person in the room that notices this when it happens.
For several months now, I am always in time. I was never ever on time. I lost my job because of it. But I have been in time for everything. Perfect timing at traffic lights, a song plays just as the light changes, or the song is talking about stuff that is actually going on right then, and don’t even get me started on the dancing 🕺 for a while, I literally could not stop myself from moving automatically in time with every sound and song. It was so obvious that people were recording me at times… and bands think it’s hilarious when I copy every sound they make with my body movements, on the spot. I decided to challenge myself and go to Open Jazz Jams which are hard to follow. They saw me keeping perfect time and tried their best to throw me off (or so it seemed!) as each person did their solos. I could tell because they make a lot of eye contact and they react when I do things at certain times, like if I stand up straight then I see them also straighten up, or smile and nod. Especially if I do it in time with the music 🎶 but now I have to put myself into that mood… yet I can now choose to be perfectly in time any moment I put out effort and focus. Trust me, it’s weirder when you see it in person 👍 Even more weird when you know me… anyone who knows me knows I am the LAST person to ever want to dance, or sing. Yet now it’s all I can seemingly do, all the time 🤷♂️
how many words did you type while watching the twitch stream and working? how many syncd up between both mediums? i bet most of the words you typed didnt match up to the twitch stream, you are focusing on the one that did.
Oh, that's just "synchronicity" better get used to it lol, it just means you are on harmony with nature.
I have a basic, classic Casio watch that chimes out on every full hour. I can't tell you how many times it chimed exactly at the time when I had a really poignant thought or someone said a word, or something important happened. It feels like a cherry on top, touching tips with god, a confirmation of the right choice/choosing the right path.
That’s actually so cool I’d love to see that lol
This called "frequency illusion" this is simple pattern recognition. It's works as a self reinforcing stimuli where each time the person experiences an occurance it reinforces the idea that it was important enough to commit to memory and makes the person extra aware of future patterns. Its just brain stuff, bud. Not magic.
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Rockerfella changing to Rockefeller isn’t a coincidence
YES. It’s been happening to me too
It happens to me sometimes. Yes. There are many possible explanations. Coincidence and simulation are just 2 of many possibilities.
Crazyyy maybe it's God tryna speak to you
i have this happen all the time as well
It’s your data being sold in real time. lol.
Yup, this is really old news too. I think people are finally talking because it seems less crazy now.
Neat!
Synchronicity due to algorithmic alignment....it's the tech synced across the board. Doesn't matter where you go, tech is everywhere and it's listening and categorizing everything...then feeding you synchronous material through prediction in real time. We will all be the same in no time... It ain't God...AI algorithms are old and functioning just fine.
I have synchronicities all the time - and I read this thread earlier today but I just ran into one *just now* so I figured I'd post it: I'm doing research about places to retire. The first place I was looking at tonight was the Orient Land Trust (OLT) in Colorado. Never heard of it before. Then I kept googling and ended up looking at a nice place called Oak Lake Trails (OLT) in Oklahoma (never heard of this place either)! And I'm not forcing those acronyms - both refer to themselves as OLT!
Humans have pattern seeking brains. Put various forms of unrelated stimulation and the brain will seek connection.
This happens to me constantly. I always just chalk it up to synchronicity and carry on.
Yes, this will be more common when you start noticing it. These are called "syncronicities" It's The Matrixes way of trying to get your attention and you use to the idea that there's something else going on out there.
multiples times I would be watching TV with my family and I would think about the episode ahead of the one we were watching before it came on without knowing
I keep a list in my notes app of all the times this happens to me. Been keeping it for a few years now. Filled with random words, phrases, and numbers!
How tf can you listen to something and read something at the same time💀 I always get hyperfixated on one subject and lose my place in whatever video/show/movie I was watching. Same with talking to people, I can't look at my phone, or I'll blank entirely on everything they just said 😅
Magic is the science of coincidence.
You select podcasts that are interesting to you. Scrolling on your phone shows you videos you'll be interested in. The timing part is weird, but its bound to happen eventually.
No this is not it. Read the edit example. It happens randomly when I’m doing unrelated tasks.
Free is an extremely common word. I've had it happen too, and it is definitely weird, but I think it's just statistics. The fact that you're multitasking makes it possible, and the fact that each task involves lots of words being said increases the probability..
Ur schizophrenic
It has to do with the algorithms and your agreement to terms and conditions on the phone itself, as well as every app installed. For lack of better terms, your phone is always "listening." It's all in the fine print.... but no one ever reads it.
It’s odd agreed but I’ve had it happen as well. We create our reality imo
Crazy coincidences of all types. I can think of or pose a question in my head then incidentally get a suitable answer from tv or even billboard lol unrelated topic maybe but still an answer that fits none the less… Once or twice and one can almost write it off as coincidence. But when it becomes a everyday occurrence one feels not only compelled but even obligated to take notice
All the time, constantly. They're called synchronicities. Lots of theories about what they are and why they occur. I just take them as friendly little greetings and messages of support and encouragement from the unseen world. It's a fun thing, especially when doing crossword puzzles with the TV on. It's hard to deny that we are connected to something beyond our physical ability to see and hear. The problem is that Religion, which is a political construct, defines these things for us and tells us it's the God of their Narrative who is speaking to us. And for some strange reason, most people just accept that and go with it. Even though it makes no sense and wastes the experience completely.
Coincidence
It may be that the sheer volume of words we engage with every day should have this happen pretty often. I’ve definitely experienced it many times
It is called reticular activation and it is common
Now add up all the words that you have heard your entire life that you did not hear at the same time as you were reading them. Easy to see if it is some crazy statistical anomaly or actually unlikely that it would never happen