Telepathy or Synchronosity?

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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 retired from the Isle of Man Civil Service in July 2007. Shortly afterwards the Government State Pension Office wrote to say that they could not provide me with a projection or statement of my future State Pension entitlement because the regulation were about to change, but they would contact me in due course. I didn't hear from them again. With my State Pension becoming due in June this year I decided on Monday this week to phone the pensions office. The man who answered the phone asked for my name and National Insurance number. When I provided this information he told me that he had, that very morning, been preparing a letter informing me of my state pension entitlement and promptly was able to read from the letter he had in front of him. I could have phoned at any time in the last 4 years or next 4 months, but I phoned the day he wrote the letter!
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Date submitted:Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:31:28 +0000Coincidence ID:5920