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[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 3 days ago (7 children)

can you explain? What does survivorship bias have to do with that

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

It's an old WW2 story. They were trying to improve their bullets thus analysed the returning planes which had collected many. By siphoning the bullets out of the frame they could see which ones had the most luck, and could then manufacture luckier bullets.

thanks haha, I'm asking about the gymnosperms

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