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Focusing on successful cases while ignoring failures. History's selective editor.
Creates unrealistic expectations, bad business advice, and explains why self-help books all sound so convincing.
This bias got its name from WWII when researchers studied bullet holes in returning planes, not realising they should focus on where the missing planes were hit.
"Plot twist: The algorithm knows you better than you know yourself. Uncomfortable yet?"