the flickr photo “coincidence”
this is just one of those cool things that the universe likes to throw out at us to remind us that everything, in the end, is related to everything else: Flickr Tokyo Photo Surpise.
Update: O! Ye non-believers, with hearts of cold and minds closed to the Truth, behold: Evidence.
Says one fella in the thread, eloquently and with a hint of the pargmatic philosopher about him:
Whatever your thoughts about coincidences, there appears to be a broad consensus that they occur more frequently on Flickr than they do in our day-to-day lives. I think that says something very interesting about the structure of Flickr, the way it allows those connections to happen. And it has potentially profound implications for Flickr-like systems in general.
It may just be that flickr helps us notice coincidences more often — but that doesn’t make them any less coincidental, now, does it? and maybe it even makes flickr interesting for new and different reasons.
Synchronicity on flickr
If you’ve ever wondered about Carl Jung’s theory, then here’s a new kind of food for thought!
(Kudos to dose magazine) ..a great post, Hugh!
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Trackback by Sen No Sen — January 26, 2005 @ 8:02 pm
No idea why my ping didn’t trackback this time, but just wanted to thank you for that one. It made my day.
Comment by sennosen — January 26, 2005 @ 8:08 pm
O oh, seems there was a little glitch in that post of mine - a return inside an url may ahve been the culprit with bizarre effect!
Comment by sennosen — January 26, 2005 @ 8:12 pm
What are “coincidences” but network intersections? Reveal the network, reveal the commonalities.
Comment by Boris — January 27, 2005 @ 9:14 pm
but isn’t that the point? that the network houses us all, and we’re closer than we expected. that cute woman on the bus may have smiled at a cousin of ours. the young fellow trying on the shoes spent a weekend playing badminton with our neighbour’s aunt. the connection itself is the interesting thing, and that we saunter through life without paying enough attention to recognize that all around us these path-crossings happen. THAT’s what’s cool, heightening our awareness of the points of intersection.
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Trackback by uqpc — March 5, 2006 @ 8:28 pm