Surprise meeting
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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 1977 I bought a new house in Hamilton, Scotland and flew off on business to the Middle East before I had met any of my new neighbours. On the return journey, I boarded a busy Qantas 747 in Manama, Bahrain. This plane was refueling on a flight from Sydney to London. I sat next to a chap who had boarded in Sydney and was also bound for London. We each recognised the other as Scots and struck up a conversation ......... and quite stunningly discovered that we were next door neighbours in Hamilton.
Date submitted:Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:01:59 +0000Coincidence ID:6673
