Yea I know, I thought it was funny that they had that linked on there(synchronicity man
). Alot of people seem to think it's a great example of synchronicity, and I disagree. As I may have mentioned, I believe it is a very poor example. The chances of an album seeming to synch up to a movie is pretty likely, especially since that is a matter of perception. With the millions of albums, the millions of movies, and the fact that most of them run the same length you have a pretty decent chance of some "Synchronizing"(and decent chance makes it meaningless as an example of "Synchronicity"). Have you ever listened to music while browsing a message board, and noticed that alot of avatars seem like they dance to it? Maybe they know you AND what music you're listening to!? DID I SAY THAT OUTLOUD? COULD THEY HEAR ME?
Also, if you think hard enough you can make any coincidence seem meaningful by picking out minute details.
The different techniques and perceptions or whatever involved also kind of nullify the entire concept.
The part of that page I was referring to was this;
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It differs from coincidence in that synchronicity implies not just a happenstance, but an underlying pattern or dynamic that is being expressed through meaningful relationships or events. It was a principle that Jung felt compassed his concepts of archetypes and the collective unconscious, in that it was descriptive of a governing dynamic that underlay the whole of human experience and history—social, emotional, psychological, and spiritual. Jung believed that many experiences perceived as coincidence were due not merely to chance, but instead, suggested the manifestation of parallel events or circumstances reflecting this governing dynamic
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Like you said, if anything this trick will teach some jerkoff that there's more to life than whatever. Like I said, I know tons of people who listen to music and go, "This song is about me I'm the God of this universe it's all directed at me IM IN THE FLOW BABY I AM THE FLOW WHAT ELSE WOULD MAKE THIS SONG PLAY AT THIS TIME???" I just don't see what governing dynamic this represents, is there some deep message beneath these songs and movies that will enlighten mankind? Does it represent the fact that, as a society, we like pink floyd? I liked Wizard of Oz when I was a child.
When you really get into the concept of synchronicity it begins to vaguely suggest some inter-connectedness between all events and time(it's Jung we're talking about). You almost feel like you can predict what will happen the next day and what happened 1,000 years ago at the spot you're at, and they are obviously so obviously connected; any minute detail could tip you off as to what's going to happen next. Every event has meaning because it guides you into the next event of your life. You start to feel like a diviner, or a soothesayer, and your brain is constantly propelled into that cyclic nonsense you probably experience late at night while laying in the dark, discovering secrets of the anatomy of the universe. All symptoms of supposed insanity and restlessness in relaxation.
In that sense, and that sense alone, this could be considered an example of synchronicity- but that still doesn't make it a good example.
I like that the experiment is about "Social phenomena", I find that to be hilarious for some reason. The only problem I have with it is that anything can become a social phenomena, regardless of if there's anything meaningful behind it. I think this is a pretty good example of that. Like I said this is a great experiment in the sense of showing how utterly retarded people can be.