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Hindsight Bias
Knowing an outcome can make it seem more foreseeable, necessary or previously expected than it appeared beforehand.
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Hindsight Bias
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- What it supports
- Outcome-consistent recall, sensemaking, fluency and motivational needs can contribute; plausible alternative explanations can reduce some bias under some conditions.
- Where it may not transfer
- This is a narrative synthesis rather than a new meta-analysis. Debiasing findings are task-dependent and considering alternatives cannot recreate an outcome-blind state.
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