The accident refers to the combination of circumstances that it is impossible to anticipate and avoid. What happens by chance is unforeseen and, therefore, cannot be circumvented.
For example: “I tripped and, by chance, found a wad of bills on the ground” (in this case, the person came across the money by chance since he was not looking for it), “The collision caused several bricks to fall off from the wall, which accidentally fell on my car ” (the phrase is linked to the inappropriateness of having parked the car at the exact point where the bricks would fall, an event that the protagonist could not foresee).
Many people argue that, in a strict sense, chance does not exist. In the first example mentioned, it could be said that the subject found the bills since he tripped in the place where they were found and before another person could notice the presence of the money on the ground. There was no will or intention on the part of the individual, but there was a temporal and spatial coincidence that rationally explains the finding.
The second example can also be explained from an apparently random sequence of events: since no one could predict the accident, the driver parked his car without thinking that the wall might collapse; later, a collision in the same area caused a landslide that damaged the vehicle. Taking this event as a fluke emphasizes the alleged bad fortune of the person.
For mathematics, chance is linked to randomness (a process whose result is not predictable since chance intervenes). This means that the result of a random event cannot be known before it occurs. Instead, it is possible to speak of probabilities from statistics.
The limit of chance
Although it is possible to divide the human population into infinite groups, taking into account the most diverse parameters, the peculiar evolution of life in society that we have gone through as a species in recent decades reveals the existence of two well-defined groups: those who are take charge of their actions, and those who attribute their successes and failures to chance.
Believing that everything happens independently of our participation in the world constitutes a dangerous ideology, which turns life into a game of chance, in which it is not necessary to get involved with all our energies and with our senses wide awake, but it is enough to wait for the lucky departure while we endure the terrible ones.
The exposure to which many are subjected today, making use of some of the tools that the Internet offers them, gives rise to innumerable examples of individuals who seek fame through various paths; New aspiring actors, dancers and singers are introduced every day, who publish videos of varying quality, length and theme, but with the same goal: to be discovered and to become international stars.
Of this unstoppable cast of talents looking for an opportunity, only a few show an acceptable level of preparation and responsibility, while the majority make it clear that they do not understand the need to work towards their goals. When technical issues come into play, relying on chance to get the expected result is as absurd as riding a taxi every day to find a briefcase with money, just because it happened to someone.
For the good of the planet that so generously houses us and, consequently, for our own good, it is advisable to give a very small space to coincidences, always prioritizing the possibility of a precise cause for each situation we go through. Much of the decisions we make, if not all, derive from a fact that, sooner or later, will be the cause of a new one.