A peculiar impulse
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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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A unique tall bottle of wine was a door prize at a Christmas dance. Before the ticket was drawn I started walking slowly, somewhat dreamily towards the stage and when the winning number was announced, I held out my ticket, which was the winning number.
Date submitted:Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:26:35 +0000Coincidence ID:7958
