A kind of selection bias where the decision makers only focus on the successes and fail to consider the failures. This leads to a false conclusion where a product or service may receive undue credit while its harms or defects remain ignored and unattended.
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Originated from/Coined by
Elton, Gruber, and Blake
Further Reading/ References
https://brilliant.org/wiki/survivorship-bias/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
https://steemkr.com/politics/@kyriacos/the-american-dream-is-really-just-survivorship-bias-on-steroids