Your favorite sports team unexpectedly wins a big game against a bitter rival. Your roommate informs you that he knew they were going to win because your team has been playing well, the rival team is overrated, etc. Your roommate's comments are an example of the hindsight bias.

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The hindsight bias is the tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that one would have predicted or expected the outcome before it happened. In this scenario, the roommate is using information after the fact to explain why they believed the outcome was predictable. This is an example of the hindsight bias.

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