Fated to meet?

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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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In 1980 I was in Edinburgh at the Festival and a friend of mine was in a play - I went to see him at his lodgings and while there another cast member arrived. I thought him rather dishy and so chatted him up a bit and it transpired that we were both going down to London on the same train so I said I'd come and find him. These trains are always packed so imagine my surprise when I found that the seat I'd booked in advance was right next to his! Obviously I thought this was Fate! (at the time)
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:24:41 +0000Coincidence ID:4294