I remember a great comment on HN once about this very subject. They said it's like taking a 1000 people, having them flip a coin and eliminating anyone with ta

I remember a great comment on HN once about this very subject. They said it's like taking a 1000 people, having them flip a coin and eliminating anyone with tails. Once you're down to ten people, you ask them how they did it, what made them flip so many heads in a row. I think the name of it is called "survivorship bias".