Survivorship Bias

Comments in this cluster repeatedly identify and discuss survivorship bias as a key flaw in the parent article's argument or examples, often linking to Wikipedia, with some samples debating its applicability in contexts like startups and success stories.

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paulpauper Aug 18, 2024 View on HN

yeah, survivorship bias is a thing

hef19898 Apr 5, 2020 View on HN

that's some survivorship bias.

diob Apr 17, 2024 View on HN

Might want to think a bit about survivorship bias and see how it might apply.

casefields Nov 16, 2018 View on HN

That's a classic case of survivorship bias.

kartan Jan 28, 2017 View on HN

Yep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

dis-sys Mar 31, 2021 View on HN

yes, that is a survivorship bias.

bobosha Aug 26, 2018 View on HN

Survivorship bias is more apt here.

yakshaving_jgt Dec 15, 2021 View on HN

The very definition of survivorship bias :)

tickettohide Oct 23, 2021 View on HN

It might be a case of survivorship bias: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias .

blamestross Aug 8, 2022 View on HN

Explain survivorship bias sometime!