Shane Parrish · Farnam Street · 2019
Survivorship Bias
Survivorship bias is a common logical error that distorts our understanding of the world. It happens when we assume that success tells the whole story and when we don’t adequately consider past failures.
Why we picked it
Corrects success stories by restoring the failures that disappeared from view before conclusions were drawn.
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