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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
They haven't killed anyone who's still living yet. But a diet consisting primarily of the above list certainly has contributed to the deaths of many people who are dead.
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You have to love survivorship bias
It is the reason that most investment companies can show such good performance. All of their under-performing funds have been discontinued, so the remaining ones all show above average returns. If you included all of the funds that they have closed, their average performance would be considerably lower.