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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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1976, I was appearing in theatre in Oldham, my boyfriend rang me from W.Hampstead, I was telling him about an acquaintance's child who had been diagnosed with hyperactive epilepsy (I assume a form of autism, a condition almost unknown then) knowing he had a friend with whom he was at Cambridge who was interested in this field, suddenly a voice broke in and said "is that Mike..?" It was the friend on a crossed line who had recognised his rather distinctive voice. Not only that - she was spending the evening with a colleague who specialized in the field and ran a clinic in London. I gave the details to the father expecting him to be really excited by this weird coincidence but , as far as I know, he didn't bother to follow it up.!
Anne
Date submitted:Sun, 20 May 2012 12:11:24 +0000Coincidence ID:6380
