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cortesoft
on March 8, 2014
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Did an F-15 airplane successfully land with just o...
I think there might be a bit of Survivorship Bias going on here... the people who fail to become calm and focused aren't around to tell us about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
andrewflnr
on March 8, 2014
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The term you're looking for is "natural selection". No, seriously, that's exactly how it works.
mikeash
on March 9, 2014
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That's an excellent point. However, I don't think it accounts for all of it. There are lots of cases where people can panic and still survive. It lowers the odds, but doesn't reduce them to zero.
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