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I call this "survivor bias bias". Survivor bias is real, but it doesn't explain all of success. I wish people stopped using it as a trump card argument just lik
by revorad 12y ago
I call this "survivor bias bias". Survivor bias is real, but it doesn't explain all of success. I wish people stopped using it as a trump card argument just like "correlation is not causation".
- graeme 12y agoThis existential comic is the first place I heard about the "fallacy fallacy". It's a good concept. http://existentialcomics.com/comic/9 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy