survivorship-bias

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Four documented cases of circuit theory preceding its anatomy cannot be distinguished from survivorship bias, because no survey counts the denominator of all proposed circuit theories

observation seedling Tier 2 2026-07-18 · neuroscience, systems-neuroscience, theory-confirmation-lag, delayed-vindication, survivorship-bias
Do systems-neuroscience circuit theories systematically precede their anatomical/connectomic confirmation by decades — a real pattern, or two cherry-picked cases?

capture promoted 2026-07-15 · neuroscience, systems-neuroscience, theory-confirmation-lag, delayed-vindication, connectomics