Blowing in the Wind
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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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Many years ago, in 1946 when I was in the Forces, I spent a few days in a transit camp in Port Said, Egypt. I had a chance to visit the local village one evening with a few friends. Walking across the sandy waste, a piece of paper blew up to me. It was the Church newsletter from St Michael's Church in Sutton in Ashfield – my own church. Inside, the Vicar's notes wished well to all Church members in the Forces. My name was inside!
Date submitted:Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:18:11 +0000Coincidence ID:6774
