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Why are fighter pilots such extraordinary story tellers?
by eksemplar 9y ago
Why are fighter pilots such extraordinary story tellers?
- twright0 9y agoYou only read the stories written by pilots who are good story tellers; nobody shares the rest.
- eksemplar 9y agoTrue, and it's anecdotal, but I've seen quite a few good stories from various fighter pilots and I honestly can't think of something similar from other lines of work. I mean, I've obviously seen good storytelling from journalists and writers, but they've often spent lifetimes honing their craft. I wonder if it's the focus and awareness that gives pilots such a potential.
- dredmorbius 9y agoSurvivor bias. Squared.
- icebraining 9y ago“Great stories happen to those who can tell them.”
- EADGBE 9y agoOddly, good storytellers also don't have a spleen. Weird.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoIn this case, good storytellers who are alive don't. Survivor bias, quite literally.
- jacobush 9y agoNice catch! I think they practice in bars
- SolarNet 9y agoBesides the obvious selection/survivor bias of good stories. It's likely that if anyone of a population (like say the airforce) is going to have good story telling it's going to be the ones that are the best out of that population in applying themselves (like jet fighter pilots). E.g. I doubt it's that they are good story tellers, I would bet that it's that they are just good at anything they do through applying themselves.
- sideshowb 9y agoPractice! All they ever do in the bar is tell flying stories...
- nopzor 9y agoBecause they tend to have big egos (even fighter pilots will admit that ;-) and spend a lot of time telling flying stories.