"There is asymmetry. Those who die do so very early in the game, while those who live go on living very long. **Whenever there is asymmetry in outcomes, the average survival has nothing to do with the median survival**" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[information-asymmetry]], [[data-analytics]], [[regression-to-the-mean]], [[problem-with-averages]], **Source** -- [[202410121132 - B - Fooled by Randomness]]