> I believe I've heard this called splitting tails of the distribution Diverging tails [1], or Berkson's paradox [2]. One of the (imo) most underrated fallacie

> I believe I've heard this called splitting tails of the distribution Diverging tails [1], or Berkson's paradox [2]. One of the (imo) most underrated fallacies in statistics. [1] https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/09/25/the-tails-coming-apart-as-metaphor-for-life/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/09/25/the-tails-coming-apart... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkson%27s_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkson%27s_paradox