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Survivorship bias

Drawing a conclusion only from the examples that survived or succeeded, forgetting the ones that didn't - like judging old houses only by the ones still standing.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can ask what happened to the examples you can't see before drawing a conclusion.

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  1. 1

    Foundation

    You can ask what happened to the examples you can't see before drawing a conclusion.

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    Confirmation biasHasty generalisationSurvivorship bias is a conclusion from examples that are all of one kind - the survivors.

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What's still between you and Survivorship bias, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5Confirmation biasDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  6. 6ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  7. 7ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ValidityDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Deduction and inductionDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10Hasty generalisationDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  11. 11Survivorship biasDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology

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