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Hindsight Bias

Partcipants were asked to predict the outcome of the votation for supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas

Before the votation 58% predicted Thomas would be confirmed. After the sucessful confirmation, 78% claimed that they thought Thomas would be approved.

We tend to look back at an unpredictable event and think it was easily predictable.

See the full study here :

Dietrich, D., & Olson, M. (1993). A demonstration of hindsight bias using the Thomas confirmation vote. Psychological reports, 72(2), 377-378. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1993.72.2.377

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