Book: Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe

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No. There is no such thing as coincidence.

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What do you mean by this?

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Everything that has happened had to happen that specific way. There is no way it could be otherwise, at least as far as our understanding of time and causality are concerned. To say that something that has happened was a coincidence isn't true since there is no way it could be otherwise. The supposed coincidence is just humans adding meaning to what was just another product of causality.

In short, any meaningful connections made between events are creations of the mind of man. Does a plant experience coincidence?