Coincidental Time of Day

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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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So I’m reading a murder mystery, and one character says, “It’s 8:30.” I glance at the clock; it’s EXACTLY 8:30
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Date submitted:Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:29:35 +0000Coincidence ID:11652