Occurrences at inopportune moments
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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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Driving down a little travelled country road, I see a runner is on the side of the road to my right. I go to swerve a little into the oncoming lane, to draw a little away from the runner, but just then another car is approaching in the opposite direction and I have to instead slow down as we meet three abreast, the runner, the other car and me. Then after passing the runner there isn't another car in sight and the road is once again empty of traffic. Now anytime I see a runner in the distance on a quiet road, I've come to expect the other car and 8 times out of ten without exaggeration there it approaches meeting three abreast. When I listen to a favorite song or there is a favorite moment in a movie, times I don't want to be interrupted, I know the phone will ring at those moments and it usually does.
Date submitted:Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:42:35 +0000Coincidence ID:7519
