Colombo airport
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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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Our flight to Nepal had been delayed by two hours. There was a Caucasian man standing around looking as bored as I felt. Maybe he spoke English. He did. He asked me what I was doing in Sri Lanka.
"Living on a boat," I replied.
"That's interesting. One of my employees in New Zealand has just sailed around the world on a boat."
"What's his name?"
"Terry Banks"
"Rally! His children are my guardian children."
It was Christmas time so I bought them presents from a souvenir shop and the man promised to deliver them when he got home. Serendipity. But serendipity doesn't work without action. If I hadn't spoken to him this would not have occurred. (I will be posting several more stories.)
Date submitted:Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:31:25 +0000Coincidence ID:9927
