random visit
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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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I met a chap in Bulgaria, in 2006 who is a taxi driver aged about 36. He was very helpful, he had never left the country and was scared of flying. After 6 years of meeting him over there (I have a flat on the Black Sea) I finally convinced him that he should fly over for a visit and said he could stay with my family. When he arrived I took him sightseeing to London. As we went down the escalator at Paddington to the underground he started to shout at a person going the opposite way up. We got off and followed back up and were met by a lady who was his schoolteacher when he was at school some 20 years previously. He had never kept in contact, when she left the school she moved to Sofia, some 4 hours drive away. She had never visited England and decided to travel only a few weeks previously for a short city break to sight see.
Date submitted:Tue, 13 May 2014 14:18:42 +0000Coincidence ID:7572
