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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 1978 I was a nineteen year old on a solo trip to England from my home in Marin County, California. I was studying acting, and went to England to see some theatre and visit Shakespeare's birthplace. I was walking in the West End of London, with time to kill, and on impulse I bought a ticket for a play I had not planned on seeing. When the first act ended and the house lights came on, I was startled to hear someone behind me say my name. I turned around and sitting directly behind me was a high school classmate of mine from Mill Valley, California. He too was in London on his own, and had bought his ticket as a walk-up, on impulse. He was not a "drama kid," nor was he even a frequent theatre goer. Yet there we were, thousands of miles from home, sitting two feet from each other in a London theatre.
Date submitted:Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:14:44 +0000Coincidence ID:8878
