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Re:A Man Who Abandoned Value by fnordian_slip on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @03:12AM (#26325920)
I don't understand you. Why do you dismiss survivorship bias and then do your math without that in mind?

If I read you correctly, you calculated "how likely is it that someone gets these results?". But accounting for survivorship bias, shouldn't it be "how likely is it that someone gets these results?" ?

Maybe I'm reading something wrong here, if so I would be obliged if you could elaborate.

Re:A Man Who Abandoned Value by kuu on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @04:10AM (#26326231)
Didn't you write the same, twice?
Re:A Man Who Abandoned Value by sushibowl on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @05:29AM (#26326712)
The first statement should be read as "what are the chances that this particular person got results this good?"

The second statement should be read as "out of all investors active in the market during this period, what are the chances that one of them got results this good?"