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As modern life relies increasingly on big data, we’ll have to be on the watch for the look-elsewhere effect. Probability will lead us to say more often: What an amazing coincidence! Some of these occurrences will lead to new discoveries; others will simply reflect how frequently we are looking elsewhere.
&#8212;<a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/god-does-not-play-dice-or-does-he-1451259255" target="_blank">Robert Dijkgraaf</a>, director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.