Hindsight Is Not Equal to Foresight: The Effect of Outcome Knowledge on Judgment Under Uncertainty
Hindsight Is Not Equal to Foresight: The Effect of Outcome Knowledge on Judgment Under Uncertainty is a journal article by Baruch Fischhoff (1975), published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. IX Coach's practice library cites it in 5 practices across 5 concepts; each one is listed below, so you can see exactly where this journal article is put to use.
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Practices on IX Coach that cite Hindsight Is Not Equal to Foresight
- Notice and drop "should" language
Replace "I should have known better" with "I did what made sense given what I knew."
Common Humanity, Made Practical
- Maintain a belief-tracking log with timestamps
Record your beliefs and confidence levels before evidence arrives, so you can see whether you actually updated.
Confirmation Bias: Seeing What You Expect to See
- Log the decision before the outcome
Write what you decided, why, and what you expect — before you know how it turns out.
Decision Journaling: Learning to Decide Better Over Time
- Log probability estimates before the outcome
Write down your confidence level and reasoning before you know how things turn out.
Hindsight Bias: Why Everything Seems Obvious in Retrospect
- Identify what the narrative leaves out
After hearing or constructing a causal story, deliberately list the facts it doesn’t explain.
The Narrative Fallacy: Why We Can’t Stop Making Stories
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