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Alex_Altair comments on Availability Heuristic and Getting Stranded: Stay With Your Car Or Seek Help? - Less Wrong
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I think the selection bias here is massive. Every story where the person dies will get reported, and every story where the person is fine will not. I would look for help.
This is true whether the person stayed with their car or looked for help. There is a bias here, but it should make both strategies seem less effective. Since the problem is a lack of normalization, the bias will be stronger for whichever strategy is used more often.