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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 on holiday in New Zealand we were at a small jetty and stopped to enquire about ferry timetables. The guy recognised our accents and it turned out he had lived three miles from us and emigrated to NZ almost 40 years previously. He told us that his family hadn't visited him till recent years and said that Charlie Dimmock the celebrity gardener had just stayed and had we heard of her. I told him that 45 years ago when I was 16 I had worked with a girl who had gone on to be Charlies Aunt, I said that her name was Cathy Dimmock though of course she was married now and her name had changed. Yes he replied, she's Cathy Swire now, she's my sister. Turned out I had met him when I had visited Cathys house all those years ago.
Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:44:40 +0000Coincidence ID:4006
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