Spooky!

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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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My mum died 8 years ago. 3 years ago, on her birthday - 21st November - i was travelling by car from London, where I live, to Manchester to view some market research. The interviews were being held in the old Ferrantis building - where she used to work. Already I thought this was a a pretty big coincidence. On the way I took a phone call telling me that the 1st interviewee had cancelled, so I was going to be too early. I decided to stop off at a service station I would never normally stop at, as it was close to my destination, for lunch. Walking into knutsford services I bumped into my brother, who lived in Bristol, walking out. I was pretty spooked out for the rest of the day.
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:13:29 +0000Coincidence ID:4202