Words

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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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On my way towards work, when I saw a stray dog lying beside the road, I was comparing availablity of first-aid between humans and other animals in my mind.Thought of paramedics came up. The name of Jyoti Singh,the victim of heinous Delhi gang rape came up, as she was a paramedical student. The same day in the evening , I went to a nearby internet cafe to download some official documents. The operator was opening a tab of government website for another customer. On the computer screen a notification of Paramedical test result came up. Surprised was I!<br /> A couple of days later a friend of mine said that the tree in my WhatsApp status resembles with the tree portrayed in the film Shawshank's Redemption.The next night a friend was narrating the activities he has done for that day. He said he saw a film with a common friend of us. The name of the film being : Shawshank's Redemption. He shared his experience. He was reading an article about Tokiyo online. In the mean time an 60's Hindi film song that bears the word Tokiyo was playing.<br /> Since then I am a bit intrigued about coincidence. My friend and I discussed , there are many words we read , listen to, speak of for several times a day. Why does our brains neccessary gets alert by these specific words ? Do our brains give us signs of events to look out for in the future? </p> <p>
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Date submitted:Sat, 03 Feb 2018 13:36:59 +0000Coincidence ID:9844