The same past data can confirm a theory and its exact opposite! If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007)

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