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Everybody thinks they're Galileo (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by yesman to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My favorite example is that some dude predicted that cities will swim in horse shit in the future. Than cars were invented and horses in cities are a rarity. All the people you talk about got it right because you never talk about those who got it wrong #selectionbias

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

"Survivor bias" also applies here.