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Yeah my girls loved swimming in my in-laws pond behind their house. This ruined that. Statistically almost zero chance it will happen, but the ghost of the id
by jcims 5y ago
Yeah my girls loved swimming in my in-laws pond behind their house. This ruined that. Statistically almost zero chance it will happen, but the ghost of the idea is there.
Especially when you see micrographs of the little demon: https://www.newsweek.com/brain-eating-amoebae-strike-again-time-minnesota-351958 https://www.newsweek.com/brain-eating-amoebae-strike-again-t...
- lukas099 5y agoI guess I should count myself lucky for the 'dangerous' things I got to do as a kid; it seems to be a thing of the past.
- jcims 5y agoMaybe I overstated, they still swam, just a bit more freaked out.
- rootusrootus 5y agoIf you wanted to define 'survivorship bias' with a simple example, this would do it.
- MathCodeLove 5y agoThis really is a poor example. The vast majority of children who grew up doing "dangerous" activities are still alive and well. Survivorship bias is more often used when the chance of surviving is statistically lower than most people realize.
- emteycz 5y agoIt's still survivorship bias. They're only happy about it because nothing bad occurred to them, while there really are kids that got sick and I bet they're much less positive about these dangerous things they got to do.
- MathCodeLove 5y agoI didn't say it wasn't, just that it was a poor example of it as the vast majority of kids ended up okay.
- tata71 5y agoOr Mercury handling, for another.
- dekhn 5y agoif you know it's a ghost of an idea, then you should have the strength to overcome the irrational bias. After all you almost certainly put them at more risk just driving them there.
- jcims 5y agoSure, its just like razorblades in the candy and roaming sex traffickers and all that stuff. I didn't say they stopped swimming, but it just added some bullshit on top that I would have rather done without.