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> survivorship bias This term is a meme to you and you don't actually understand it. Tell me, what is the meaning of 'survivorship bias' when we're talking abo

• vacri 9y ago
  > you don't actually understand it. Tell me, what is the meaning of 'survivorship bias' If I don't understand the term, then what's the point of getting me to explain it? Explain it yourself if you think I have it wrong. > Tell me, what is the meaning of 'survivorship bias' when we're talking about things which have lasted for significant periods of time, over many cycles? O_o My first comment was pointing out that the ancients believed in a lot of things that DIDN'T stand the test of time. If you're just limiting yourself to only those ideas which have survived and are making your conclusions from those, then you really are in no position to declare others ignorant of what survivorship bias means. > I never claimed that an idea is better just because it was held earlier. A strawman of your own, because I wasn't talking about individual ideas, but the concept that the ancients were more enlightened than today. I said in my original comment that some lessons come from them, but overall they weren't 'more enlightened'.