Which of the following is a correct explanation for why the hindsight bias exists?
A) Once we know the outcome,we pretend we knew it was going to happen to make ourselves feel better.
B) Once we know the outcome,we reinterpret old evidence to make sense of that outcome.
C) Before we know the outcome,we ignore evidence that contradicts what we believe.
D) Before we know the outcome,we have too much evidence to consider to make an accurate prediction.

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The hindsight bias exists because once we know the outcome, we reinterpret old evidence to make sense of that outcome. This leads us to believe that we would have predicted the outcome if we had thought about it beforehand, even if we actually had no way of doing so.

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