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Wouldn't the simplest explanation be that only exceptionally healthy people have managed to survive a concentration camp?
by anatolyk 11y ago
Wouldn't the simplest explanation be that only exceptionally healthy people have managed to survive a concentration camp?
- vasilipupkin 11y agonot really. That's a conjecture that may or may not be true, but it certainly isn't simpler than small sample statistics tending to be extreme.
- lawpoop 11y agoThat would be the simplest explanation, but I think a complicating factor would be that for the Nazi concentration camps, many people were murdered, healthy and unhealthy alike, alongside those who perished by other causes.
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoOne might also hypothesize that survivors tend to be more careful, conscious of their health, etc. I don't know if it's a great hypothesis, but it seems plausible.