Very related is our perception of randomness and our surprise at a cluster of accidents. It falls out quite nicely: if plane crashes are a poisson process, the

Very related is our perception of randomness and our surprise at a cluster of accidents. It falls out quite nicely: if plane crashes are a poisson process, then, on average, they happen in clusters of e. See: Celebrities die 2.7183 at a time: http://ssp.impulsetrain.com/celebrities.html http://ssp.impulsetrain.com/celebrities.html