Name coincidence/parallel lives
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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 friend of mine introduced me harmlessly on Twitter to someone who shares my full name (not too freaky - James Gilberts are not uncommon), who is also a scientist (OK) and who is also semi-seriously into cycling (getting weirder). My friend thought this weird enough to write "Here's someone pretending to be you." However, when I looked at this guy's Twitter profile I realized I recognized him. Googling revealed that he is at Cambridge University where I lived and worked for 10 years up until 2 years ago - definitely getting odd. But - this is the amazing bit - for the final 2 years we had PASSED EACH OTHER EVERY DAY while cycling to work. My girlfriend and I had passed him so often that we actually started saying hello to him - she and I used to joke that we should invite him for dinner since he was technically our best friend in the village to which we'd just moved. Little did I know this guy was my doppelganger... Weird, eh?
Date submitted:Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:10:41 +0000Coincidence ID:6471
