Synchronicity, Mayan Calendar, 2012, Electric Universe
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I am Eidolon TLP.
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In this message, I would like to address the topic of synchronicity. Synchronicity is a cognitive attribute exclusive to human sentience that establishes links between seemingly unrelated premises. I venture that synchronicity, like all other cognitive attributes, is a product of evolution, as the concept of order often correlates with safety, and chaos with danger. Humans have evolved a marvelous tendency to always seek order, find patterns, deduce rules, and predict boundaries for everything that can be observed. Humans strive to make sense of their world, in order to feel safe in it. This tendency to build logical bridges between as many premises as possible, is the cradle of reason, but also myth and superstition, which at their most basic, are simply perceived correlations between premises that have no actual causal connection.
Synchronicity applied to ancient sailors who worshipped Poseidon and had safe sea voyages, and applies today for people who perceive their prayers being answered.
Synchronicity can be marvelous; the very basis of reason is the act of creating new knowledge from previous premises. But unless that process can be validated logically and supported by evidence, synchronicity can also be dangerous as enabler of faith. Example: no one assumed the
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