A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar

Re:A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar by Pasorrijer on Sunday January 30, 2022 @06:35PM (#30142450)

It reminds me of the study of WWII airplane, when trying to figure out where to reinforce the planes. The key was the absence of data was more important than the plethora of data.

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Re:A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar by edmundsauto on Sunday January 30, 2022 @06:56PM (#30142621)

Sharpshooters fallacy is the name of the cognitive bias. It happens in a lot of fields; notably, finance and investment.

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Re:A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar by sodality2 on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:04PM (#30142694)

Actually, the WWII example is Survivorship bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#In_the_milit...

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Re:A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar by IncRnd on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:35PM (#30142922)

Both fallacies apply, as do many others. It is a mistake to believe only one fallacy applies in a given situation.

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Re:A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar by sodality2 on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:03PM (#30143159)

I shall call it... the singular fallacy fallacy.

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Re:A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar by IncRnd on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:00AM (#30148589)

Yikes, I can't see the forest for the trees!

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Re:A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar by gukov on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:02PM (#30142681)

More commonly known as survivorship bias.

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