Angela Saini
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229 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2012
last heard Jul 2012
Angela Saini’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So we asked a Malawian producer who works with us here in London to read the letter out.
He took one look at Sam's name and it turned out they'd been at university together.
There's a morality tale in there somewhere, I think.
So what exactly were the chances of her boss taking a holiday in the same apartment block?
Well, this being more or less Charlotte, we should do the maths.
So with some help...
So this amazing anecdote isn't quite as amazing as it first sounds, is it?
I still love it, though.
And what happened to your friend Catherine in the end?
Was she fired?
No.
Well, that is amazing.
But even then, there's something we seem to love about coincidence, isn't there?
Some of us might call it fate.
Statisticians would call it the law of truly large numbers.
Here's Byron Jones, a statistician in Switzerland.
The law of truly large numbers, Byron says, tells us that we should expect to see unusual or surprising patterns, coincidences, just because of chance.
It's like winning the lottery.
It would be very surprising if it happened to you, but it's not at all surprising that it happens to someone.
But of course, coincidences make such good stories.
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