Small world

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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.

Many of the animations were produced using Flash and will no longer work.

My son moved to Sydney 18 years ago. A few years ago he and his wife decided to get a dog for the children and someone they knew put them in touch with a friend who wanted to rehome a young dog. My son went to visit the dog and its owner, to find, that not only had she also come from the U.K. but lived in the same town, and even the same road, in fact, just 100 yards up the road from where my son lived, and I still live. This woman also went to the same school as my son, albeit a few years senior than him, but would have been there at the same time for a year or so. Imagine the look of surprise on their faces! My son took the dog!
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:22:05 +0000Coincidence ID:5158