Neighbours

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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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My Brother-in-law used to work in sales for Canadian National Railway and took a phone call from someone asking about a certain level crossing, how many trains a day, how noisy it was as the trains have to blow a whistle etc. My brother-in-law replied," Two trains a day, but you don't really notice them after a while." The caller asked how he knew and my brother-in-law replied, "You're looking at #xx on YYY Close, aren't you?" "Yes, how did you know?" "I live next door, it's a quiet street and a nice house." The man bought the house and lived next door for years.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:28:25 +0000Coincidence ID:4406