" We are fooled by the winners because survivor bias distorts our thinking. Survivor bias has been defined as “a logical error of concentrating on the people or things that made it past some selection process and overlooking those that did not.” In other words, we fail to learn from the non-survivors, those who have lost. This tendency to focus on the winners is understandable. We are fooled by the winners because the winners, whether people, objects, data, or ships that return safely to port, are often easier to observe. But in many instances, we can derive as much or even more insight from those who have lost. "

― David Lockwood