Jiro comments on Open thread, Dec. 29, 2014 - Jan 04, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 31 December 2014 10:34:16PM 1 point [-]

That's not hindsight bias. Having a flood is Bayseian evidence in favor of the correct estimate of flooding having been high (and therefore in favor of negligence).

Comment author: JoshuaZ 31 December 2014 10:47:35PM 2 points [-]

Yes, but it is hindsight bias to give that a lot of weight. (This is a common thing for lots of biases: they involve things which are strictly speaking actual Bayesian evidence but where humans frequently massively over-update based on them.)