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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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In 1980, I lived in Tianjin, China for a year. There were only a few foreigners in the city at that time, so I got to know them all. Many years later, when I was back living in Canada, a Canadian friend of mine went on a sabbatical to Spain. One night, he went to party and got chatting to an American who was living in Spain. During the conversation, it came out that the American had lived in Tianjin, China during the same time as I had! My friend mentioned me... and, of course, the American and I had been colleagues, and had lived in the same compound! Small world.
Date submitted:Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:56:26 +0000Coincidence ID:5660
