Take care that this isn't due to #SurvivorBias - the cyclists with dementia etc are no longer out there, bc of collisions they weren't alert enough to avoid! And ofc the unhealthiest ppl don't take to cycling in the first place.
(Still, more ppl should cycle anyway...)

Ah - right.
#SurvivorBias, then.

Although I asked my own mother about this and she had no clue about such a practice

This belligerent friend of my grans also once said her mother used old underwear to dry dishes and insisted she and her siblings "turned out fine!"

The ones who made it to adulthood did, yeah

#SurvivorBias

#SurvivorBias #Winnersbias

#survivorBias you are published

@VeroniqueB99

„Didn’t harm us.”

#SurvivorBias

Also #SurvivorBias

FYI: #survivorbias if you don't know. 🐾

Spinath: Gehen Sie Ihrer Leidenschaft nach, und lassen Sie sich nicht entmutigen! Ich habe mich damals auch außerhalb der Wissenschaft umgesehen und mich dann trotzdem für die Unsicherheit entschieden. Als ich schließlich die Professur erreicht habe, war für mich klar: Es hat sich alles gelohnt!

"Gehen Sie Ihrer Leidenschaft nach, und lassen Sie sich nicht entmutigen! [...] Als ich schließlich die Professur erreicht habe, war für mich klar: Es hat sich alles gelohnt!"
#SurvivorBias ? #PDprekär 6/6

#SurvivorBias plays a big part in the myth.

The lucky have the funds to buy out the unlucky and capitalize on others' loss.

Who Decides What Was “Too Much” in the COVID-19 Response? Who’s missing from the COVID-19 debate? More than a million dead, and millions more with lasting damage. Survivor bias may distort how we judge past policies—and how we plan for the next crisis.

“We did too much during COVID.” Did we?! Or are we just listening to the people who survived it best? Survivor bias shapes public memory—and this article explains why we need to re-center those still living the impact. #LongCovid #COVID19 #SurvivorBias

Highlights from my FOSDEM 2025 experience

Attending FOSDEM is always a pleasure, and this year I've summarized my findings/highlights in a post. I hope you like it!
beltrachi.github.io/2025/03/05/f... #fosdem2025 #vitess #mysql #openapi #asyncapi #survivorbias

Trump regime: "No US airforce personnel were endangered because the person on the Signal chat group is just a terrible journo on a failing magazine nobody reads."

US airforce personnel: Erm, #survivorbias

(10/🧵) Survivor bias is a cognitive trap that misleads people about risk and reality. Recognizing it can help us make smarter, evidence-based decisions—especially when lives are on the line. #PublicHealth #SurvivorBias

#SurvivorBias

I buy very few new clothes, most of mine I have for years. It's an advantage in some ways to buy 2nd hand - #survivorbias means mostly good stuff available, though I find wading through the dross at a lot of places very wearisome.

"You'll become more Conservative as you grow up". Image of plane riddled with bullet holes to demonstrate survivorship bias

Only one group willingly chooses #Murdoch, #Musk and #MAGA ... #Conservatives ... #GOP #Tories #LNP ... says it all. #Auspol

#SurvivorBias

Wonder what would happen if you were able to include the polling of those who died from COVID-19? Would they also say it was "overblown" #survivorbias

I grew up riding around the corn belt in the back of a '61 Corvair, hashtag #SurvivorBias

Echt succesvolle mensen laten zich niet interviewen. #survivorbias

aber schnurstracks an der Wirtschaft vorbeiqualifiziert. Wissenschaft ist und bleibt ein Lottospiel. Übrig bleiben viele tragische Biografien, die wegignoriert werden (hello #SurvivorBias). Deshalb: Eine Entscheidung muss möglichst *früh* nach der Promotion erfolgen, 3/4