London is a big city
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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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Some years ago my young niece visited England and I spent four days showing her the tourist sights in London. On the third day we were waiting for the underground at Oxford Circus station and she asked whether I knew anyone in London, and whether I would be surprised if we bumped into someone I knew. As I was answering, a train pulled into the station, the doors open, and the first man to step out was an old friend from Cambridge, who introduced himself with a "Hi Colin - how are you?". Neither the conversation nor the meeting are very unexpected, but the timing and the staging were exquisite!
Date submitted:Sat, 06 Jan 2018 21:13:12 +0000Coincidence ID:9721
