Beyond Chance
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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
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This is a coincidence that I saw reported on our local TV news and also the local newspaper. It has since been reported on a BBC national programme ‘ Strange Days’. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/review--weird-scenes-inside-the-goldmine-1388058.html The coincidence is so extraordinary that you may wish to research it. This may not be too difficult since names, places and other details of the event are recorded on the internet.
Essentially, the coincidence is this.
In 1992 Jason Pegler, was walking home from work in Dover when he heard a public phone ringing. He picked it up and was startled to hear the voice of a colleague, Sue Hamilton, apologising for disturbing him and asking for advice about how to work the office fax machine. He had great difficulty in persuading her of what had happened - until she looked down at her desk and realised that she had dialled his staff number by mistake. It just happened to be the number of the call box he just happened to be walking past.
Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:33:22 +0000Coincidence ID:5423
