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Tragedy isn’t just the thing that happens to OTHER people

When I was younger, tragedy always seemed like the thing that happened to OTHER people; distance people who lived in newspapers and stories. I had no idea, until it happened to me, how suddenly life can change. Tragedy touches all of us at some point.

Survivor’s Bias

July 30, 2020

Survivor’s bias is a logical fallacy that equates the experience of those who survived an experience with “proof” that such an experience is safe. It’s a fallacy, because it implies that one person’s positive outcome is automatically going to apply for everyone, but this isn’t true.

I too used to believe tragedy was the thing that happened to other people.

June 28, 2020

Before Adrian died, I always thought of tragedy and loss as something that happened to OTHER people, but not to me. Of course I feel differently now.

Tragedy isn’t just the thing that happens to OTHER people (Archives)

Tragedy isn’t just the thing that happens to OTHER people

Survivor’s Bias

I too used to believe tragedy was the thing that happened to other people.

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