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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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Five years ago on a Nile cruise we shared a table with a couple from Cornwall, we live in Hertfordshire. We got on well, exchanged addresses and details and for the first time ever we followed up, and have met quite frequently since at each others homes and we are going on holiday together next month. During one of our visits to our amazement we found out that our friends new our son in law, and that both their children had been to school with him in Cornwall. We later found out that their son went to the same school as I did in Hertford and I had played rugby with his headmaster.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:24:04 +0000Coincidence ID:5059