X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:11:12 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-qc0-f175.google.com ([209.85.216.175] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.8) with ESMTPS id 6667112 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:57:55 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.216.175; envelope-from=mwsletten@gmail.com Received: by mail-qc0-f175.google.com with SMTP id e9so14865848qcy.34 for ; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 06:57:20 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.56.5 with SMTP id w5mr146737984qag.60.1388761040222; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 06:57:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.125.20 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 06:57:20 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 08:57:20 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: Subject: Figuring out how not to do things wrong. From: Mark Sletten X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c300a67afe9c04ef122094 --001a11c300a67afe9c04ef122094 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The subject of this email may seem a bit awkwardly worded, but it's the essence of an article (link below), from a blog called *You Are Not So Smart, A Celebration of Self Delusion*. It's a long read, but a very interesting one about a phenomenon known in scientific circles as "survivorship bias." http://youarenotsosmart.com/2013/05/23/survivorship-bias/ --Mark --001a11c300a67afe9c04ef122094 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The subject of this email may seem a bit awkwardly worded,= but it's the essence of an article (link below), from a blog called You Are Not So Smart, A Celebration of Self Delusion. It's a long = read, but a very interesting one about a phenomenon known in scientific cir= cles as "survivorship bias."=A0



--Mark
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