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I wouldn't say it's a fallacy. Something can be necessary without being sufficient. Doing is necessary to learn to do, and certainly to learn to do well, but it's no guarantee of outcome.


I should have stated explicitly that the fallacy was selection bias. I agree with what you wrote though.




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