---
slug: "SurvivorCorrect"
name: "SurvivorCorrect"
type: "Inference"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "SurvivorCorrect#3780"
sema_id: "sema:SurvivorCorrect#mh:SHA-256:37802a37d7e4bc9080836e17c5fbf7c170bce0942ed40d8a4960c46f6ca2407c"
tags: ["Mind","Inference"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/SurvivorCorrect/
related: ["BaseRateInclude","CognitiveBias"]
---

# SurvivorCorrect

Accounting for silent failures in data

Layer: Mind · Category: Inference

## Mechanism

Failure Inclusion: When learning from examples, ask: "Am I only seeing successes?" Estimate base rate of attempts. Seek out failures and near-misses. The pattern that "all successful X do Y" means nothing if failed X also did Y. Denominator matters. Utilizes [BaseRateInclude](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/BaseRateInclude.md).

## Invariants

- [CognitiveBias](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/CognitiveBias.md) reduced
- Sample re-weighted to account for missing data

## Preconditions

- Filtered dataset (survivors only)

## Postconditions

- True population estimate

## Failure modes

- Phantom Hunt: Wasting resources looking for failures in a dataset that is genuinely 100% successful.

## Builds on

- [BaseRateInclude](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/BaseRateInclude.md) (Mind; References)
- [CognitiveBias](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/CognitiveBias.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:SurvivorCorrect#mh:SHA-256:37802a37d7e4bc9080836e17c5fbf7c170bce0942ed40d8a4960c46f6ca2407c`
- Ref: `SurvivorCorrect#3780`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:SurvivorCorrect#mh:SHA-256:6c9093fc93158cdc0e8e81af7cd3dbc29b9998b609d3a490a18142ae96179aea`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/SurvivorCorrect/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#SurvivorCorrect)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/SurvivorCorrect.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)