'Oh Brother'
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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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15 years ago I had to phone a customer back with some information. He had given me his direct line phone number and when dialing I inadvertantly reversed two of the digits. The phone was answered by my brother. The customer was in Cramlington, Northumberland and my brother was in the workshop at his depot in Birley, Co Durham. My brother did not even know the phone was linked to an outside line as the workshop staff could only use it to the internal switchboard. It took a long time to convince him it was a spooky coincidence, and not a wind up.
Date submitted:Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:11:55 +0000Coincidence ID:5731
