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Historian's Fallacy Hindsight Occurs Assumes Decision Makers Past

Fallacy Historian's fallacy
Definition and Examples Hindsight is 20/20. 

occurs when one assumes that decision makers of the past viewed events from the same perspective and having the same information as those subsequently analyzing the decision.

Tags: fallacies, logic

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