Missing Bullets

"e;The Missing Bullets - Why we focus on the survivors and ignore the dead"e; explains the concept of "e;Survivorship Bias"e; through its most famous origin story. During WWII, the US military wanted to reinforce their bombers. They looked at the planes that returned from battle, noted where they were riddled with bullet holes (wings, tail), and decided to put more armor there. Mathematician Abr...