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by heavenlyblue 2418 days ago
>> Surviving gives you infinitely better odds

It's a false dichotomy. It's like comparing the chances of you living to the age of 60 given that a brick had fallen on your head yesterday to someone who didn't get that lucky yet (rephrasing as "what are the chances you are dead if you're already dead?").

You have to compare the odds before the fact.