Words spoken and read
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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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When reading & listening to the TV or radio I have quite often experienced a bizzare coincidence.
As I am reading a word, at that precise moment, somebody will speak it. This doesn't happen if I try to make it happen - it only happens when I'm not thinking about it .The words have no pattern & could be a place name , a verb ( sometimes complex) or anything really . Each time I experience a feeling of shock & unhappiness.
I've become so unnerved by this inexplicable occurence that I now avoid this situation , always pressing the mute button on the TV if I pick up a book or newspaper & never reading while the radio is on.
Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:06:30 +0000Coincidence ID:5052
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