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This is a rather textbook example of survivorship bias
by adamjb 6y ago
This is a rather textbook example of survivorship bias
- CryptoPunk 6y agoYes, there's probably a major element of that giving me this impression. However, we have a lot of surviving Roman structures compared to Celtic or Germanic structures, for example. 3D reconstructions of ancient Rome show a city that relies heavily on stone, concrete and marble in its construction: https://youtu.be/8Wuwa3UllKA https://youtu.be/8Wuwa3UllKA Though this too could be a consequence of survivorship bias.