Unlikely 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 October 2011 my wife and I traveled to Auckland, New Zealand for the rugby World Cup. We were independent, not part of an organised group and on the day of our first game we took a public bus from our hotel into Aukland city centre. We obviously didn't know the city or the bus stops so we got off at a stop we felt was near the centre. There were other people on the bus and some got off before us, as I stepped onto the footpath and turned to my right I was confronted by two ladies walking towards me. As I was attempting to move out of their path I realised I recognised one of them and she recognised me. We had been work colleagues at least two years before and she'd been in New Zealand for twelve months, incredible!
Date submitted:Tue, 08 Dec 2015 00:55:11 +0000Coincidence ID:8319
