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Originally Posted by totoum
But following that logic,you're not in the presence of a phenomenon anymore,just really really bad luck.
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Yes, but the improbability of it is what makes it special. How improbable things are and the significance of their timing is the basis of superstition, after all.
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Another, the fact that "terrible luck" befalls people one after another, in one specific class, every year (unless countermeasures are taken - actions wrought in superstitious belief), is what leads to it being called a "phenomenon." It
could just be luck, but there's too much about it that indicates that it's more than that. If it were just luck, shouldn't it happen to everyone, and at random times?
I'm not sure why I keep getting into this conversation, though... if someone wants to think that something supernatural forced the teacher's hand, I don't imagine that it alters anything about understanding the story. I disagree with that interpretation, but I guess it doesn't really matter.