long desert highway meeting
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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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On holiday in California in 1976, I was travelling through Death Valley and heading up to Yosemite via Lone Pine, a true "long desetrt highway". I had been travelling for ages without seeing another car. Seeing a lay-by ahead I decided to pull in for a rest. At this point a car travelling from opposite direction pulled into same lay-by. Both of us got out to stretch legs and have a chat. It emerged we were both from Bristol and the other guy worked with my father in law.
Date submitted:Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:13:08 +0000Coincidence ID:6139
