Timing is our strong suit.

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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 nine years ago I began a long-distance correspondence with a student living (at the time) in London; while we have never met, we shared plenty of 'chats' that usually took place during my early morning hours (her afternoons). One evening I was surprised to find her online - she was up early getting ready for school - and we fell into one of our long conversations. We'd never spoken at that hour before (or since) - and it was strange that it happened that particular morning: July 7, 2005. As a result of our chat, she missed her train to school. If she hadn't, she likely would have been on one of the trains that had been bombed.
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