Synchronicity
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Over the years it's surprised me how many times I encounter specific obscure links between apparently unrelated items in a short space of time. My most recent example concerns a TV program, "Only Connect", and a radio program, "Add To Playlist". "Only Connect" is a BBC quiz show in which teams are challenged to find an often obscure connection between four items. Last night, one team was given the 3 French phrases "Plus dur", "Meilleur", "Plus vite" and had to come up with "Plus fort" as the fourth. The connection is that these phrase mean "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" which is a 2001 hit for the French duo Daft Punk. It was said that if they'd used their own language, this would be the song title. "Add To Playlist" is a Radio 4 show in which musicians select tracks to add to a mythical playlist by proposing one or more obscure connections to the previous track. This morning, the sequence went from "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth to "Sonata in G minor" by Domenico Scarlatti, then to "Maybe This Time" sung by Lisa Minnelli, "Phantom of the Opera" sung by Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford and finally "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk. The dual link between the last two was both the "robotic" repetitive beat and the wearing of masks by the performers. While I've heard of Daft Punk, until yesterday, I wouldn't have been able to name one of their hits and suddenly I get two references to the same one, both in programs to do with connections. Since both programs are pre-recorded but not previously broadcast, I believe it's unlikely one affected the other. I've been told in the past that this effect, synchronicity, is because a person gets sensitised to noticing things similar to items which you've recently encountered or which have meaning to you (for example, the number of cars on the road which are similar to your own), however, I still find it surprising that within 24 hours, there should be two such obscure events close enough together to notice!
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Over the years it's surprised me how many times I encounter specific obscure links between apparently unrelated items in a short space of time. My most recent example concerns a TV program, "Only Connect", and a radio program, "Add To Playlist". "Only Connect" is a BBC quiz show in which teams are challenged to find an often obscure connection between four items. Last night, one team was given the 3 French phrases "Plus dur", "Meilleur", "Plus vite" and had to come up with "Plus fort" as the fourth. The connection is that these phrase mean "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" which is a 2001 hit for the French duo Daft Punk. It was said that if they'd used their own language, this would be the song title. "Add To Playlist" is a Radio 4 show in which musicians select tracks to add to a mythical playlist by proposing one or more obscure connections to the previous track. This morning, the sequence went from "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth to "Sonata in G minor" by Domenico Scarlatti, then to "Maybe This Time" sung by Lisa Minnelli, "Phantom of the Opera" sung by Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford and finally "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk. The dual link between the last two was both the "robotic" repetitive beat and the wearing of masks by the performers. While I've heard of Daft Punk, until yesterday, I wouldn't have been able to name one of their hits and suddenly I get two references to the same one, both in programs to do with connections. Since both programs are pre-recorded but not previously broadcast, I believe it's unlikely one affected the other. I've been told in the past that this effect, synchronicity, is because a person gets sensitised to noticing things similar to items which you've recently encountered or which have meaning to you (for example, the number of cars on the road which are similar to your own), however, I still find it surprising that within 24 hours, there should be two such obscure events close enough together to notice!
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Over the years it's surprised me how many times I encounter specific obscure links between apparently unrelated items in a short space of time. My most recent example concerns a TV program, "Only Connect", and a radio program, "Add To Playlist". "Only Connect" is a BBC quiz show in which teams are challenged to find an often obscure connection between four items. Last night, one team was given the 3 French phrases "Plus dur", "Meilleur", "Plus vite" and had to come up with "Plus fort" as the fourth. The connection is that these phrase mean "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" which is a 2001 hit for the French duo Daft Punk. It was said that if they'd used their own language, this would be the song title. "Add To Playlist" is a Radio 4 show in which musicians select tracks to add to a mythical playlist by proposing one or more obscure connections to the previous track. This morning, the sequence went from "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth to "Sonata in G minor" by Domenico Scarlatti, then to "Maybe This Time" sung by Lisa Minnelli, "Phantom of the Opera" sung by Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford and finally "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk. The dual link between the last two was both the "robotic" repetitive beat and the wearing of masks by the performers. While I've heard of Daft Punk, until yesterday, I wouldn't have been able to name one of their hits and suddenly I get two references to the same one, both in programs to do with connections. Since both programs are pre-recorded but not previously broadcast, I believe it's unlikely one affected the other. I've been told in the past that this effect, synchronicity, is because a person gets sensitised to noticing things similar to items which you've recently encountered or which have meaning to you (for example, the number of cars on the road which are similar to your own), however, I still find it surprising that within 24 hours, there should be two such obscure events close enough together to notice!
StarNamer@work wrote:
synchronicity
Additionally is an interesting film :)
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
