Old friends

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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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1. My name is Kitty. A few years back, one day out of the blue I thought of my close friend back in uni. On the same day, she emailed me saying she was thinking of me so decided to drop a line to say hello! Places: I was in Sydney and she in Boston USA. Dates: 2008/06 2. I was watching telly. There was this documentary about social fabric and social interaction in the UK, and there were various respondents/interviewees of different gender, age and cultural backgrounds etc. At that moment I suddenly thought about my best high school mates back in the 90's, I just suddenly felt like "this is that kind of show that she will be on!" And then, there she was! On the show, I still remember- she was one of other two or three respondents to some sort of blind test. On the show, they were all sitting at a roadside cafe and were participating in some pyschological tests on I think genders and attraction. In hindight, it feels more surprising now. But at that moment, you just had this spontaneous feeling, this sort of thing is never deliberate if you know what I mean. Places: I was in Sydney and she was in UK in that doc. Dates: 2008/06 P.s. Coincidentally, these two events happen in the same month.
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Date submitted:Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:42:48 +0000Coincidence ID:6795