When your best friend divorces,her mother tells her,"I'm sorry for you,but I knew this would eventually happen.You were never really right for each other." This is an example of the

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This statement from the friend's mother is an example of hindsight bias because she is claiming to have predicted the divorce all along, despite not necessarily having evidence to support that claim. It is easy to believe that one could have predicted an outcome after the fact, but this bias can lead to an overconfidence in one's own predictive abilities.

When Your Best Friend Divorces,her Mother Tells Her,"I'm Sorry for You,but