NewPCBuilder2019 t1_ir1h0km wrote on October 4, 2022 at 5:21 PM

Reply to comment by ShogunFirebeard in [Image]Its okay to have bad time by chickenBothrops

I find that the people I know that objectively drew the roughest lot seem to break towards actually having a good outlook on life. Like, we spend our whole lives in this anxious state about how bad things CAN get that when you actually do catch a string of shit, you suddenly realize how good things were and can be again or something.

Some way to harness this for everyone, man. Would be neat

IWearACharizardHat t1_ir1pqzk wrote on October 4, 2022 at 6:16 PM

Confirmation bias, the ones that aren't optimistic about shit circumstances end up dead

runningraleigh t1_ir254di wrote on October 4, 2022 at 7:51 PM

I believe you're thinking survivorship bias, but yes

IWearACharizardHat t1_ir28iuy wrote on October 4, 2022 at 8:12 PM

You realize that survivor bias is a type of confirmation bias?

runningraleigh t1_ir28xh7 wrote on October 4, 2022 at 8:14 PM

That's not how I understand it, but I could be wrong. It seems they belong to different groups of bias. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Cognitive_bias_codex_en.svg