Wednesday, January 26, 2022

hindsight bias

 Hindsight bias is the tendency to claim knowledge of how a past event would turn out or to consider the outcome inevitable. People tend to reconstruct the past to make it consistent to what is now known.

Hindsight bias is a common and powerful bias that people find difficult to disregard. This can create problems when juries are instructed to disregard information and when  experts are asked to offer a second opinion when they know the original opinion.

Hindsight bias leads to recalling information that confirms memories and can lead to false memories.

Hindsight bias can interfere with learning from experience.


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