Bob_Disdevon comments on Hindsight Devalues Science - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Bob_Disdevon 18 August 2007 01:17:51AM 1 point [-]

As a lack of known causes fear, hindsight bias delivers us the comfort we desire at all times, the easy model that we build, rather than the unexpected unknown that causes anxiety. In that way we learn -- some might prefer this unenlightened state, as hindsight bias smoothes their mental ships away from the scholes of uncertainty and self-doubt.