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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 walking with his dog the other day my cousin, who emigrated to Australia more than 40 years ago, met a 'dog' couple who had walked past his house a number of times. He got to chatting and discovered the bloke ( Nigel) grew up in Enfield, our home town in Middlesex. Furthermore, he was an orphan in St Joseph's home, which was just 200 yards away from our houses (we lived nest door to one another). My cousin had in fact visited St. Joseph's in 1962 as part of his Dip. Ed.. Having married an Aussie girl, Nigel now lives about 300m away from my cousin.
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:31:25 +0000Coincidence ID:3846