Wake Up
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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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I was having a sleepover with my friend (who is an earlier riser than I am). So of course she tried waking me up "early". She succeeded in waking me up at exactly 9:08 am. I, however, was still really tired and groggy and so waved her off, going back to sleep. I next woke up at exactly 9:42 am. But here comes the strange part. I later checked my phone for messages and I had a few, but the ones that baffled me were from one particular friend who I just so happen to keep experiencing "coincidences" with. I saw that he sent me a message that said "Good morning sleepy head". This exact message had somehow sent through twice (which he commented on, confused), once at 9:08 am and then again at 9:42 am. I was subsequently very freaked out.
Date submitted:Mon, 30 Jan 2017 03:56:52 +0000Coincidence ID:8991
