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Which is less probable, fiction or your real life.

By probable I refer to the directed-by-God sort of coincidences that authors are often criticized for as being unbelievably improbable, for instance some one showing up coincidentally with a truck when you need to move or having a stranger forewarn you of some upcoming concern. The movie equivalent might be a motorcycle with the keys left in it during a chase sequence.

So again, I'm referring to things which could generally happen, not space ships or swamp monsters, or even the rare Zodiac killers.



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13Average fiction is less probable.
6They run about the same.
4Real life is less probable.

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Crayons Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2009 12:55am  
I feel like an improbable person in terms of just, how I am. I feel like some kind of chosen one, sometimes, like I have a potential. You know what I'm saying? That I'm not probable myself, not to stroke my ego or anything, not that I don't enjoy a good ego stroke like anyone else.
bill Survey Central Gold Subscriber Double Gold Star Survey Creator
posted 9-Oct-2009 6:58am  
"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." - Mark Twain

...I had a little trouble with this since I think that I equate life and probably. That is, life is the epitome of what is probable. But, fiction is not.
Zang
posted 9-Oct-2009 12:39pm  
Depends on the fiction.
Kristal_Rose Survey Central Gold Subscriber Silver Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2009 6:02pm  
Real life is more bizarre and coincidental than fiction for me.

Two days ago was a standard example. We had a new neighbor move in the building, so after nearly two years I decided it was time to sweep up the pile of glass in the alley by the gate, and stop relying on a 'barefoot glass walking' spell. Two hours later I end up witnessing some guys drop a mirrored display case out the back of their pick-up in the same spot.
Kristal_Rose Survey Central Gold Subscriber Silver Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to bill) posted 9-Oct-2009 6:03pm  
Great quote.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 9-Oct-2009 7:30pm  
Fiction, but I have had some pretty weird coincidences.
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 9-Oct-2009 8:25pm  
Fiction.
Wicksy Gold Star Survey Creator
posted 10-Oct-2009 2:26pm  
Does this make sense??
Richard47 Survey Qualifier
posted 11-Oct-2009 2:29am  
Not 100% sure that I understand this question but I suppose they run about the same, I guess (??)
Kristal_Rose Survey Central Gold Subscriber Silver Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to Richard47) posted 11-Oct-2009 4:11pm  
Bill's Twain quote summed up the subject well. I'm sort of grumbling that fiction runs much more mundane, less preposterous than real life, yet calls itself fiction.
Richard47 Survey Qualifier
(reply to Kristal_Rose) posted 11-Oct-2009 5:47pm  
Once I read your example about the glass, Kristal, I understood the question much more. You come up with the best examples!
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