hindsight
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"Hindsight is a beautiful thing and I would maybe do things differently with the information I have now, but I don't think I have regrets," said Earps.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
These barriers are known in behavioral economics as "friction," said Dan Ariely, a psychology and behavioral economics professor at Duke University and a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight.
From Salon • Feb. 10, 2025
"Hindsight is 20/20, but even mathematicians call these creative strategies 'tricks,'" Padilla said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024
Hindsight can make it easy to assume that some occurrences — like the Seahawks winning the 2013 Super Bowl title — were inevitable.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024
Hindsight permits us to listen to the debate of 1790 with knowledge that none of the participants possessed.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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