Is Los 33 a real miracle?

Common questions

Is Los 33 real or fake?

Miracles Jar's verdict is Explained: it happened — likely coincidence. It happened — best read as remarkable timing, not the miraculous. On the evidence, the record is strongly attested.

Has Los 33 been explained?

The event appears to have happened, but a natural explanation accounts for it — the leading account is coincidence & the law of truly large numbers. It reads as remarkable rather than miraculous.

What is the evidence for Los 33?

Miracles Jar weighs 6 sources for this case. Points that support the claim: Zero deaths and no serious lasting physical injuries after 69 days at 700 meters in 90-plus degree heat has no precedent at that scale in mining history. Points that cut against it: Survival through the blind 17 days traces to identifiable causes: a code-required refuge, emergency rations, water from industrial tanks, and Luis Urzua's strict rationing discipline; and Seven probe boreholes missed before the eighth broke through at the refuge ramp on day 17, with outdated mine maps making misses routine.

What is the natural explanation for Los 33?

The leading natural account is coincidence & the law of truly large numbers. With enough trials, the wildly improbable becomes expected. The trick is almost always the size of the denominator nobody counted. The full breakdown shows where that explanation holds — and where it stops.

When and where did Los 33 happen?

It is said to have occurred August 5 – October 13, 2010 in San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Atacama Desert, Chile.