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0 pointscroes1mo ago0 comments

And that’s the problem. You find the same traits they claim that made them successful by those who failed. Cherrypicking the winners creates a false reasoning of success.

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game_the0ry1mo ago

Is it a problem? Bc I know there is survivorship bias and also still want to hear about the successes, so what is the problem then?

croesOP1mo ago

How many readers don’t know that? And how many fall for the false reasoning of those success stories?

game_the0ry1mo ago

You are assuming most readers are dumb. I do not have that assumption.

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game_the0ry1mo ago

Is it a problem? Bc I know there is survivorship bias and also still want to hear about the successes, so what is the problem then?

croesOP1mo ago

How many readers don’t know that? And how many fall for the false reasoning of those success stories?

game_the0ry1mo ago

You are assuming most readers are dumb. I do not have that assumption.

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