What is on Your Mind?

I believe in coincidence, which some call fate in hindsight, although coincidence will be predetermined if time turns out to be the 4th dimension after all...

I don't believe in fate, as I think it's an concept exclusive to free will. Also, many people use "Fate" as an excuse for things they are unwilling to change, eg. "I don't think I'll get promoted, but that's just fate".

How is this not fate??

Segway tycoon Jimi Heselden dies in cliff plunge on one of his own scooters | Mail Online

Counter: How exactly was that fate, something inevitable? For all we knew he could have rode that path every day, and knew it well. He rode a special Segway made for off-road driving, and the system itself had been tested. I, for one, do not see anything inevitable about this accident.

counter back: I think your over analyzing it. The fact that he was off-road or a cliff is not relevant.

Of course this was not fate!

He made the choice to buy that company. He made a choice to ride and to do every step that he did, including riding that device on the tragic day.

When a person buys a car, for example, it is not "fate" they will die in a car accident; however, their risk increases. Then, when they get behind the wheel and drive the car while drunk on alcohol, or high on drugs, it is not "fate" that gets them killed behind the wheel, it is choice and cause and effect. They choose to own/drive a car. They choose to drink and drive. They made choices in life that led to their own death.

The same for Jimi Heselden and everyone else in the world!