"Never take health tips from world’s oldest people, say scientists"

Because this would be

Survivorship Bias

→ "logical error of concentrating on entities that passed a selection process while overlooking those that did not."

E.g. Abraham Wald suggested reinforcing aircraft in the undamaged areas of the returning bombers.

The Wikipedia article features even more interesting examples of this fallacy.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/24/never-take-health-tips-from-worlds-oldest-people-say-scientists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

#survivorshipbias #survivalbias

Never take health tips from world’s oldest people, say scientists

Scientists still trying to work out why some people live beyond 100, but agree it is best to avoid taking advice from centenarians themselves

The Guardian