The Phone call..

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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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In 1980 I was living and working in Rio, Brazil. I rarely phoned home to the UK to speak with my Mother. You had to "book" a call in those days and wait, so I booked a call. The phone rang a few moments later, I thought "that was fast" my call had come through, but, no, it was my Mother Calling Me!
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Date submitted:Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:35:09 +0000Coincidence ID:9955