Only recently learned of fascinating survivorship bias story of WWII bombers. Any analogous stories? http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/21/selection-bias-and-bombers/ … ht @jobsworth
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Bomber story analogy: "Don't learn from mistakes of successes but perfect execution areas. Because mistakes in those areas must be fatal"??
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Simpler version: when emulating successes, strengthen areas where they apparently got lucky and hit no significant stumbling blocks.
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Simplest version: learn from the mistakes of losers and the luck of winners.
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