MartinB comments on How to avoid dying in a car crash - Less Wrong

75 Post author: michaelcurzi 17 March 2012 07:44PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 18 March 2012 07:51:39AM 3 points [-]

the decision theoretic generalization of anthropic selection will still save you.

Meaning "if I hadn't survived I wouldn't be here telling this to you, so everyone you hear anything from has survived all accidents they've ever been involved in"? True, but how would that save me?

Comment author: MartinB 18 March 2012 08:08:20AM 2 points [-]

There are other branches in the multiverse were do does not get to tell this story. No one notices. I think the term is surviver bias.