In the gutter
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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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A couple of years ago I went to London to see an exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite paintings at the Royal Academy. I hadn't been to London for a long time so I also booked a ticket for the theatre in the even. After enjoying the exhibition I left the Royal Academy and wandered up to Oxford Street for a cup of tea. To my horror, my theatre ticket was missing, so I took a taxi back to the Academy because I reasoned that I must have dropped it there. The taxi pulled in to the kerb outside the Academy, I stepped out, and there at my feet, in the gutter, was my ticket for "Les Miserables". I remembered pulling my London street map out of my bag and my ticket must have come with it. I've often wondered what the odds are of that happening.
Date submitted:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:36:44 +0000Coincidence ID:5800
