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You know that feeling when you see someone younger than you achieving amazing things or someone starting a million-dollar business in no time, and you're left wondering what's wrong with you. No, there's nothing wrong; Survivorship Bias may be the answer.
Survivorship Bias is a cognitive bias that occurs when we only focus on the people or things that have succeeded while ignoring those that have failed. It's the tendency to draw conclusions based on a limited, often distorted sample of data. We're not given the full picture.
By Lucy NguyenYou know that feeling when you see someone younger than you achieving amazing things or someone starting a million-dollar business in no time, and you're left wondering what's wrong with you. No, there's nothing wrong; Survivorship Bias may be the answer.
Survivorship Bias is a cognitive bias that occurs when we only focus on the people or things that have succeeded while ignoring those that have failed. It's the tendency to draw conclusions based on a limited, often distorted sample of data. We're not given the full picture.