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Re:In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands ... by fjsolwmv on Sunday December 17, 2017 @04:19PM (#15947709)
And I have a friend who is paralyzed from neck down for diving into a swimming pool. The term "Survivorship bias" is inspired by these stories of how "everyone I know turned out fine".
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Re:In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands ... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday December 17, 2017 @04:34PM (#15947808)
Huh? 99.99% of these kids turn out fine, there is no survivorship bias about it. If anything, it’s exceptional case bias against free ranging (look, this one person got hurt, out of 100,000+).
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