Prior knowledge of an event’s outcome anchors the mind towards a certain kind of interpretation of how the event will unfold.
This makes the individual confirm the outcome to fit their existing expectations. If the outcome is entirely different from the expected result, the mind tries to justify the claimed foresight. The mind is constantly learning and updating previously held knowledge, and hindsight bias make the process less of a burden.
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