Coincidence,Fate or Master plan
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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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While at Glentress(mountain biking) the events of the day left me scatching my head. So taking into account arrival time setup time and the speed i went round the course on my bike, all this set up a 'chain reaction'. So i planned my route the night before to go around the red route, but as luck would have it, part of that route was closed for maintenance so i followed the diversion, but just to make sure i was going the right way i stopped to check my map, then as i set off again on a big climb my chain broke,damn. So having forgotten to bring a spare link i stopped the next group off riders to see if they could help, they offred to fix my chain so i got talking with them, one of the guys was from America and suddenly he realised he had dropped his camera somewhere along the course, while they were fixing my bike if offered to go look for the camera. Less than 10m away there it was, so one good deed deserves another. But just think if i had peddled faster or not been diverted or snapped my chain, would that guy of found his camera
Date submitted:Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:58:07 +0000Coincidence ID:6747
