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		momento 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: From Pegasus to Predator – The evolution of commer... The "meme" you refer to is simply survivorship bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

saagarjha 11 months ago [–]

Yep. The plane image itself (in the article) is a common meme though

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