Nepal
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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 Nepal in 2006, I was walking up a hill with some friends to see a massive, ornate religious monument. Halfway up were some jewellery stalls which they stopped to look at, while I walked on.
As I looked at the workmanship of the monument, a lady and I started talking. I asked where she came from, and it turned out we were both from Yorkshire!
When she found I was was from Redcar, she asked me to go with her to see her friends. She told them where I came from and a chorus came 'We went to Sir William Turner's Grammar School for boys (in Redcar), to which I replied that I went to Cleveland Grammar School for girls (also in Redcar)!
It turned out that they lived about a half hour walk from my house!!
Date submitted:Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:07:26 +0000Coincidence ID:5667
