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Such confidence while having no way to know if they would be right (because, no matter the arguments, they were trying to predict the future).

• throwaway990dv 5y ago
  If they were wrong, the comment would have continued rotting away unnoticed. But they got lucky and were right -- confirmation bias is a wonderful thing.
  • soneca 5y ago
    Right? I do think Instagram was one of the acquisitions of the decade.
  • vulcan01 5y ago
    Nitpick: this is technically survivorship bias. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias