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And I have a friend who is paralyzed from neck down for diving into a swimming pool. The term "Survivorship bias" is inspired by these stories of how "everyone
by fjsolwmv 9y ago
And I have a friend who is paralyzed from neck down for diving into a swimming pool.
The term "Survivorship bias" is inspired by these stories of how "everyone I know turned out fine".
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoHuh? 99.99% of these kids turn out fine, there is no survivorship bias about it. If anything, it’s exceptional case bias against free ranging (look, this one person got hurt, out of 100,000+).