Survivorship Fallacy (also known as: survivorship bias) Description: This is best summed up as “dead men don’t tell tales.” In its general form, the survivorship fallacy is basing a conclusion on a limited number of “winner” testimonies due to the fact we cannot or do not hear the testimonies of the losers. This is based on the cognitive bias called the survivorship bias. Logical Form: There are X winners and Y losers. We only hear the testimonies of the winners. Therefore, our conclusion is based on X winners.
