Rational Thinking

[HandyDan]

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During World War II, fighter planes would come back from battle with bullet holes. The Allies initially sought to strengthen the most commonly damaged parts of the planes to increase combat survivability. A mathematician, Abraham Wald, pointed out that perhaps the reason certain areas of the planes weren’t covered in bullet holes was that planes that were shot in certain critical areas did not return. This insight led to the armor being re-enforced on the parts of returning planes where there were no bullet holes. This wisdom was also beneficially applied to the Skyraider during the Korean War. This shows that the reasons why we are missing certain data may be more meaningful than the available data, itself. In questions of aircraft design, don’t only listen to what the evidence says, listen also to what is not being said.

[Stick486]

this speaks volumes...

[old55]

this speaks volumes...

Totally agree.

[HandyDan]

Stopped me in my tracks.

[Bushwhacker]

Heck of a good point.

Bushwhacker

[Cherryville Chuck]

Very similar to this is the info we are being fed by government's, big pharma, etc. Sometimes what they are conspicuously not telling you is more important than what they are telling you. Omitting what the possible side effects of the covid jabs is an example. It's part of what tipped me off that something wasn't right. Telling you they are following the science but not showing you any of it is another.

[DaninVan]

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During World War II, fighter planes would come back from battle with bullet holes. The Allies initially sought to strengthen the most commonly damaged parts of the planes to increase combat survivability. A mathematician, Abraham Wald, pointed out that perhaps the reason certain areas of the planes weren’t covered in bullet holes was that planes that were shot in certain critical areas did not return. This insight led to the armor being re-enforced on the parts of returning planes where there were no bullet holes. This wisdom was also beneficially applied to the Skyraider during the Korean War. This shows that the reasons why we are missing certain data may be more meaningful than the available data, itself. In questions of aircraft design, don’t only listen to what the evidence says, listen also to what is not being said.

In the diagram, I noticed that the cockpit area seemed to be undamaged; following Wald's suggestion, I'm guessing the planes with hits on the cockpit (pilots) would account for a number of the missing planes.

[Stick486]

I'm guessing the planes with hits on the cockpit (pilots) would account for a number of the missing planes.

that is exactly what Wald pointed out...
a downed airplane can't bring back the data as to why it was downed,,,
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Sometimes what they are conspicuously not telling you is more important than what they are telling you.

that's the scary part...
if only more people had the ability to think in "what if" terms and questioned more... we'd be in a lot better shape...

[Herb Stoops]

I think there are a lot of people doing just that , and the powers to be are spending their time shutting down discussion. But as always things are coming out now from all directions proving that it was more intentional than 'by accident"
Herb