The Written Unknown VII: Chance as a Cultural Language | Fate, Randomness, Divination, Gero, Play & the Psychology of Meaning

Podcast: The Observable Unknown · Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

Opublikowano: 2026-09-18

Why do human beings keep finding meaning in random events even when they insist they do not believe in fate? Why can a shuffled card, a roll of the dice, a repeated number, a coin toss, or a strangely timed coincidence suddenly feel significant? Does a meaningful response to chance require us to believe that the universe deliberately sent a message? Or is something subtler happening? In The Written Unknown VII, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey returns to his book Chance as a Cultural Language: Toward a New Vocabulary of Play, Meaning...