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psunavy03today at 4:18 PM1 replyview on HN

> It says early 1900s, so no. It does largely refer to farming, but farming was insanely lucrative during that time. Look at the farms that have the houses of that era standing on them and you'll soon notice that they are all mansions.

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


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9rxtoday at 7:43 PM

Already in the original comment. Already in other replies as well. How, exactly, does one end up not ready anything in the thread before replying?