Jul 20 2009
Feeling lucky?
By Jacqui Hayes
Jacqui Hayes is assistant editor of Cosmos Magazine. Every year, when National Science Week rolls around, she gets along to see one or a few of the National Tour Guests. Here’s why …
Imagine you are standing in line at the bank. Suddenly, an armed robber storms in. He fires a shot and hits you in the arm. In this scenario, are you lucky or unlucky?
This scenario and question was posed to an audience at National Science Week in 2007 by ‘visiting expert’ Richard Wiseman during a talk called The Luck Factor. I was one of those in the audience. Continue Reading »
