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The biggest missing bits in all of these analyses are, to me: 1. How many people under consideration ("famous people") did not posses the quality brought up in
by necovek 5y ago
The biggest missing bits in all of these analyses are, to me:
1. How many people under consideration ("famous people") did not posses the quality brought up in the premise ("agency from early age")?
2. How many people did posses the quality ("agency"), but did not achieve the desired result ("fame")?
Without that, we are pretending to show data to support a premise, whereas it's just an opinion with cherry-picked data.
Granted, it's hard to get numbers for 1 and 2 (esp 2, I guess), but I don't even see anyone trying before considering their premise "proven" or at least worth sharing. :/
- b3kart 5y agoSurvivorship bias plagues all of “self-help” writing, unfortunately. Let’s take successful people and assume everything they’re doing contributes to their success and so must be replicated.