Message from Mars
As of the 23rd May 2022 this website is archived and will receive no further updates.
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.
Many of the animations were produced using Flash and will no longer work.
Roughly fifty years ago I took the back off our valve radio and I removed and cleaned the dust off the valves and the rest of the chassis etc. When I put the valves back in and was about to switch it on either my mother or myself said maybe we will get a message from Mars now. When I switched the radio on the first words from the speaker were "Mars calling, Mars calling". My mother and I were speechless.
I do not expect anyone to actually believe this but it did happen.
Date submitted:Sat, 29 Jul 2017 15:46:22 +0000Coincidence ID:9343
