Survivor bias, food for thought.

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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

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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?