For protection from the hindsight bias, we can discipline ourselves to make explicit decisions based on actual, known facts, in a recorded process.

Having an explicit, written documentation can ensure that we and the external observers were objective in the decision, and it was not based (even unconsciously) on bias and prejudice.

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, t...