Evan examines the logical fallacy of survivorship bias, gives some examples, and then goes over five ways to avoid falling into this trap. He also uses a couple of examples from the teachings of Jesus to draw out some Biblical rationale for this as well.
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The famous picture of bullet hole locations on WWII airplanes that is often cited as the preeminent example of survivorship bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#/media/File:Survivorship-bias.svg
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Intro music: Groovy Trip Hop/Marcolaieh/Tribe of Noise
Outro music: You Make Me/VBEBeats/Tribe of Noise
