place of dreams
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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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My daughter, as a gap year adventure, was hitch-hiking around Australia. One night, sleeping on a beach, she dreamt about me - a vivid and emotional dream that made a strong impression. She wrote to me about it, and the our corresponce initiated quite a significant transition in out relationship, helping to resolve a few old hurts.
Along time later, looking at photos of her trip, I asked where was the place of her dream. She found a photo and showed me the place on a map.
It was the same beach I has slept on maybe a decade before; comparing notes it could even have been under the same tree. She knew nothing of that episode in my life.
Part of the pleasure in this story of coincidence is the entirely positive nature of its consequences.
Date submitted:Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:34:10 +0000Coincidence ID:5780