Do you recognize the design of this cookie?
It's a reference to a meme illustrating suvivorship bias.
During World War II, the US Navy asked statistician Abraham Wald to suggest where armor should be added to planes based upon a data set consisting of where USN planes had been damaged by enemy fire. Counterinuitively, Wald proposed armoring spots that were rarely damaged.
Why? Because Wald realized that the planes that had been hit there were unable to return to aircraft carriers and bases. By focusing on the planes that had returned to base damaged, the USN engaged in survivorship bias.
Bluesky user Stephanie made shortbread cookies resembling the meme.
-via Super Punch