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Survivor Bias

2veritasium · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Psychology & human behaviorData science & statistics

What it is

A Veritasium video on survivor bias, explaining how an observed sample can be incomplete and skewed. It uses examples such as bombers and famous success stories.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as a handy reference whenever a thread needs to point at survivorship bias.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “One of my favorite videos is on his alternate channel, 2veritasum.”

    A favorite Veritasium video on survivor bias

    sillysaurus3, 2018-08 · Strong recommendation · in “The Absurdity of Detecting Gravitational Waves (2017) [video]”

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Topics: survivor bias, veritasium, statistics, cognitive bias, psychology

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