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The bullet holes on returning bombers told the wrong story

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During WWII, military analysts wanted to add armor to planes where returning bombers had the most bullet holes. A brilliant statistician pointed out they were only looking at the survivors; the planes that got hit in the engines never came back at all. Survivorship bias perfectly explains why we constantly misinterpret success stories.

The bullet holes on returning bombers told the wrong story
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