Hindsight bias

/ˈhaɪnd.saɪt ˈbaɪ.əs/ noun

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen or predicted it, also known as the 'I knew it all along' effect.

From 'hind' (back, behind) + 'sight' + 'bias.' Seeing clearly only after the fact.

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