"When I was a child, we didn't have as many vaccinations and I'm fine" = survivorship bias Sure, you're fine, but the people who aren't can't tell you that because THEY DIED
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Replying to @peripatetical
Clearly an argument in favour of vaccinating aircraft
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You may know this perfect example of selection bias - this map are the bullet holes in returning aircraft in WW2; Abraham Wald's insight was not to put armour where the holes were, but where they weren't.
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Ironically, Wald died in a plane crash.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Wald …
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I did not know that! Very ironic considering the number of planes he saved from destruction
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