After the tragedy of 9-11,many people have proposed that there was sufficient evidence to predict those events.Because of this,the government should have been able to prevent 9-11.The believe that we "knew it all along" is referred to as
A)the framing effect.
B)hindsight bias.
C)retroactive bias.
D)overconfidence.

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Hindsight bias refers to the tendency for people to overestimate their ability to have predicted an event after it has already occurred. In the case of 9-11, many people believe that there was enough information available beforehand that the government should have been able to prevent it. However, this belief may be influenced by the hindsight bias, as it is easier to connect the dots and see patterns in hindsight than it is to predict events in real time with limited information.

After the Tragedy of 9-11,many People Have Proposed That There