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This is genius. Where does this old story come from? Never heard it. EDIT: thanks for the answers! This analogy is pretty good for simple cases (improvement on
by owebmaster 9y ago
This is genius. Where does this old story come from? Never heard it.
EDIT: thanks for the answers! This analogy is pretty good for simple cases (improvement on planes' armor). But if you optimize only this variable, your war plane will be heavier and you'll have a lot of other problems and fail, too.
- fhood 9y agoWorld War II I think? Found it, the guys name was Abraham Wald.
- noxToken 9y agoFourth paragraph in the entry about Wald[0]. 7th paragraph in the entry about Ops Research[1]. I'm sure that there are more in-depth stories about this on the web. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Wald#Life_and_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Wald#Life_and_career [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_research#Second_World_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_research#Second_Wor...
- bluejekyll 9y agohttps://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/21/selection-bias-and-bombers/ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/21/selection-bias-and...
- chasely 9y agoYou've already received the right responses (Abraham Wald), but this is my favorite excerpt/article about it [1]. [1] https://medium.com/@penguinpress/an-excerpt-from-how-not-to-be-wrong-by-jordan-ellenberg-664e708cfc3d https://medium.com/@penguinpress/an-excerpt-from-how-not-to-...
- coldcode 9y agoWhat a great read. Now I want to buy the book.