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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 had just moved to a small town in France where I knew only one person. We had both completely different backgrounds. Me Norwegian, born in a big family in the north of Norway in rural settings.<br />
He, German, only child to his mother, without a father, living independently most of the time. Age difference 15 years.<br />
One of my first walks led me to a hilltop with a 360 ° view and I immediately thought: Here I would like to build the house I had designed years ago. A house with eight sides in a circle, windows all around and with a top bedroom where I could look at the stars through a skylight. (Not an ordinary house)<br />
A few weeks later, my friend and I came driving back to the town in his car. The subject house came up and he told me about his "dreamhouse".... and at the end, I had to tell him: No, it's my house.<br />
He had the exact same idea or design.<br />
Furthermore he new the best location for his house outside the town. I didn't know how to drive there, because I had walked through the fields. We decided that he should drive there and I should be quiet.<br />
Oh yes, we ended our drive at the hilltop and walked to the same spot. Amazed isn't even close to our mutual feelings.<br />
For your curiosity. It's not possible to by the ground or build a house there for agricultural reasons, but I still find this story intriguing.
Date submitted:Sat, 29 Jun 2013 10:49:40 +0000Coincidence ID:7117