Rob Jenks
As of the 23rd May 2022 this website is archived and will receive no further updates.
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.
Many of the animations were produced using Flash and will no longer work.
Whilst working in Basingstoke as a firefighter, I was detached to St Mary's fire station for the day as they were a Ff short. Just before lunchtime, I recieved a phone call from my mother asking if I could come to the Southampton General Hospital. As the hospital is on the fire ground of St Mary's fire station, I went to the hospital to discover that my grandfather had sadly passed away. If I had been at Basingstoke, I would not have been able to go to the hospital to say goodbye to him or support my mother at this very sad time! I believe this counts as a coincidence.
Date submitted:Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:17:01 +0000Coincidence ID:6185
