RichardKennaway comments on That Magical Click - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 14 February 2012 08:52:00AM 1 point [-]

Rather than being a sane view, this is a logical fallacy. I don't know of a specific name to give it, but survivorship bias and the anthropic principle are both relevant.

It's rather like the way that you only ever find something in the last place you look.