What is Survivor Bias?
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You have excellent examples here, but I’ll add one:
You know the Boomer meme about how kids are soft now? Back in *their day*, they didn’t have all this safety equipment. Seat belts, no lawn darts, BB gun wars, minimal football helmets, fireworks, Mom had a cigarette and a vodka tonic with every meal while pregnant, they used to play with loaded guns on the train tracks blindfolded, yadda yadda, and they turned out fine. You know that one?
Everyone who says that, did. That risky behavior never bit them, so they’ve come to the conclusion that it actually wasn’t all that risky. *They’re fine*.
You rarely hear from the ones who didn’t turn out fine, but that doesn’t mean things always worked out.
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