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Screenshot of a YouTube video with the title "Lying with Statistics" above colorful bar, pie and line chart graphics. The comments panel shows "Comments 13K". User GermanSniper, 1 month ago, writes: "We interviewed 1000 people that have played russian roulette before. 100% of them survived the game. Conclusion: Russian roulette is completely safe to play." It has 1.7K likes and 29 replies.

Russian Roulette Is Totally Safe, According to Survivors

A YouTube comment on a "Lying with Statistics" video shows survivorship bias: only survivors were surveyed, so Russian roulette looks safe. A classic stats-class lesson.

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Screenshot of a YouTube video with the title "Lying with Statistics" above colorful bar, pie and line chart graphics. The comments panel shows "Comments 13K". User GermanSniper, 1 month ago, writes: "We interviewed 1000 people that have played russian roulette before. 100% of them survived the game. Conclusion: Russian roulette is completely safe to play." It has 1.7K likes and 29 replies.

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