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While it's nice to hear those anecdotes it still proves nothing. As OP said, this is survivor bias.
by driverdan 9y ago
While it's nice to hear those anecdotes it still proves nothing. As OP said, this is survivor bias.
- RobertRoberts 9y agoAre you suggesting that the life of a product does not depend on how it's used?
- alphakappa 9y agoNo, and you didn't suggest that he used it in any extraordinarily careful manner either. His point is that what you have is a nice anecdote, and survivor bias means that you only hear about the products that ended up lasting, but not all the Mercedeses that bit the dust along the way.