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Re:Survivorship Bias by EduardoBautista on Friday April 21, 2017 @11:26AM (#14166377)
Yes, and these are _extreme_ examples. Examples that try to make success appear to be just luck.
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Re:Survivorship Bias by jerf on Friday April 21, 2017 @11:28AM (#14166393)
"The entire point is to completely remove all those issues in a way that makes it obvious to everybody that the only possible explanation in this made-up example is blind luck."
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