I think he's actually describing a much deeper phenomenon called a "coincidence" in which two things occur which are related in some way other than by causality

I think he's actually describing a much deeper phenomenon called a "coincidence" in which two things occur which are related in some way other than by causality. This strange phenomena is usually attributed to a concept known by the phrase "chance" which is deeply rooted in probability theory, but top scienticians and psychological probability computationists are still studying this mysterious phenomenon.