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minus-squareBleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoThis might just be a type of confirmation bias. The only PHDs from “then” that you know about are the ones worth recording in history books or have long-lasting impacts. Everyone else just gets forgotten
minus-squarekarmiclychee @sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agoSurvivorship bias, I think
This might just be a type of confirmation bias. The only PHDs from “then” that you know about are the ones worth recording in history books or have long-lasting impacts. Everyone else just gets forgotten
Survivorship bias, I think