The Tao of Pooh
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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 was listening to a radio version of the Tao of Pooh as I drove to work about a month ago. As I drove into the car park the narrator was giving and example of something and said 'look there's a rabbit'. Exactly on the beat of the word rabbit a rabbit appeared before my car about 15 meters from where I was about to drive. I braked and watched as the rabbit continued to cross my path. A few seconds passed as I tried to come to terms with what had just happened. It felt like a cosmic hint and I did feel rather unsettled by the event. I have never seen a rabbit in our car park before or since. It was uncanny.
Date submitted:Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:17:46 +0000Coincidence ID:7064
