Hindsight bias – thinking you were right when you were wrong
One of our most common human tendencies is to think that we were right about predicting an event’s outcome even in actuality we were wrong.
Hindsight bias takes the common form of “I knew it all along.” Psychologists have long known about hindsight bias, but a recent study shows that you can prevent yourself from practising this cognitive faux pas.
Calling those who claimed to have known all along that Trump would triumph despite such bad odds.
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Hindsight bias can kill you – and worse, others.