Sixth sense

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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 have the recurring coincidence of when I walk into the town, Malmesbury in Wiltshire, of seeing a person in the distance and thinking it is somebody I know. I rehearse a conversation only to find it's somebody who looks like that person. A little later, sometimes seconds sometimes minutes the person I had in mind comes into view. It's good job I have rehearesed the opening line! It's happened on many occasions. Odd. Gordon W
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:01:38 +0000Coincidence ID:5071