Mechanism family · v2 taxonomy
Retrospective evaluation
Patterns where knowing an outcome changes later judgments of predictability, decision quality, blame, or responsibility.
Reviewed mapping
3 canonical entries currently belong to this family.
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Cognitive BiasHindsight Bias – when the past looks obvious in retrospectthe tendency to see past events as more predictable than they actually were.Read entry Attribution BiasMoral Luck – when outcomes change blame for otherwise similar choicesResultant Moral Luck describes cases where people judge blame, punishment, or moral responsibility differently because similar actions lead to different outcomes partly outside theRead entry Cognitive BiasOutcome Bias – when you judge a decision by its result, not its qualitythe tendency to judge the quality of a decision based on its final result rather than the logic behind it.Read entry
