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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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I was walking through a shopping centre one day when I saw a young white youth dressed like a rapper, trying to look cool. I thought to myself, 'ha! he thinks he's cool but he isn't. He thinks he's a cool black man from New York or something'. Just then, a black man wearing a NY cap (New York Yankees) came round the corner! I thought it was very spooky that this chap turned up just as I had that phrase in my head - was there a mental connection between us? What did it mean? Just pure chance, I now realise.
Date submitted:Fri, 23 May 2014 13:34:15 +0000Coincidence ID:7584
