What is Survivor Bias?
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Incident: Sailors tell stories about how dolphins helped push them towards shore, saving their lives.
False conclusion: Dolphins like to help humans
Survivorship bias: Only the people pushed towards shore were able to tell their stories of being saved by dolphins.
Probable reality: Dolphins like to play with humans in the water, pushing them around. Some get pushed to shore, some get pushed further out to sea to drown.
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