Hindsight bias is the 'I knew it all along' feeling — once you learn an outcome, it seems obvious it was always coming. Examples:
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Once the game is lost, the coach's call looks like a glaring blunder — though it was reasonable at kickoff.
After a breakup the red flags feel obvious in retrospect, even though they weren't clear at the time.
'Of course they won' feels true the morning after — even to people who confidently predicted the opposite.
You recall having 'expected' a result you actually weren't sure about. Memory quietly rewrites itself to fit what happened.
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