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[–]magnora7 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I really like this, it's a great example of how our intuition can be completely wrong sometimes, and how subtle accurate logic can be

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Tell the politicians, CEOs and the average citizenry to take this into consideration before making their next choice on things.

Ohh wait, they'd never listen because they are egotistical vain supremacist stupids! Ahahaha! Fallacies rule! Life is a dumpster-fire filled with incorrect idiots that vote!

[–]Tom_BombadilBombadildo 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Did survivorship bias investigations take place anywhere else during/after WW2?

[–]useless_aether 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

'military intelligence' is an oxymoron for a reason. 'lets not protect the engines and the crew'

[–]Zerorush 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

An interesting example of how we're drawn to protect things which are already protected.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You've got an army, a navy, marines, NASA, and an air force with the secret X-37b. Why not a space force too?

[–]RuckFeddit 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Saw this on /pol/ years ago, it's great. Beautifully logical.