Why do I often see the same number combinations on a digital display such as 5:55 or 4:44?

Answer

The phenomenon is called synchronicity and was introduced by the psychologist Carl Gustav Jung. In reality, you don’t “often” see the same number combinations on a digital display. If it is a display of a clock, you can calculate that you can only see the same number combination for a few minutes a day. Depending on the format used (12 h or 24 h) this corresponds to a chance of approximately 1 in 10,000 that you will see a combination with the same numbers at any given time. That chance is objectively very small. That you still have the feeling that this “often” occurs is due to the meaning you give it. Noticing a connection between multiple causally independent events is called synchronicity.