What are some things that are 'successful' when unnoticeable, thus giving people a skewed idea because they only notice the 'unsuccessful' ones?
e.g., makeup, plastic surgery
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National security programs are a classic example. “Why are we spending so much on the TSA when we haven’t had an attack in X years?”
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medicine causing rare negative results (think: deformities in children when medicine taken by pregnant mothers) but otherwise has an outsize positive effect on a population. when used, we don't notice the thriving it causes. when not used we accept the "normal" dying
