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		EduardoBautista on April 21, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Survivorship Bias Yes, and these are _extreme_ examples. Examples that try to make success appear to be just luck.

jerf on April 21, 2017 [–]

"The entire point is to completely remove all those issues in a way that makes it obvious to everybody that the only possible explanation in this made-up example is blind luck."

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