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Sharpshooters fallacy is the name of the cognitive bias. It happens in a lot of fields; notably, finance and investment.

• gukov 5y ago
  More commonly known as survivorship bias.
• sodality2 5y ago
  Actually, the WWII example is Survivorship bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#In_the_military https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#In_the_milit...
  • IncRnd 5y ago
    Both fallacies apply, as do many others. It is a mistake to believe only one fallacy applies in a given situation.
    • sodality2 5y ago
      I shall call it... the singular fallacy fallacy.
      • IncRnd 5y ago
        Yikes, I can't see the forest for the trees!