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Hindsight Bias

Psychology & Behavior · Baruch Fischhoff

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After an event, people believe they predicted it — the knew-it-all-along effect destroys the ability to learn from mistakes by rewriting the past.

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Faster Than Normal. “Hindsight Bias Mental Model.” fasterthannormal.co/mental-models/hindsight-bias. Accessed 2026.

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