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Although the idea of hindsight is frequently associated with the biases, distortions, and outright lies of memoryas in the infamous ""20-20"" scenario or the conviction that one ""knew it all along""Mark Freeman maintains that this process of looking backward over the terrain of the past can also serve as a profound source of insight, understanding, and self-knowledge. Consider Tolstoys harrowing tale of Ivan Ilych, revisiting his past on the eve of his death, only to realize that the life he had been living was a lie. Consider as well the many times in our own lives when, upon reviewing the p

Hindsight bias (Psychology) --- Memory. --- Retention (Psychology) --- Intellect --- Psychology --- Thought and thinking --- Comprehension --- Executive functions (Neuropsychology) --- Mnemonics --- Perseveration (Psychology) --- Reproduction (Psychology) --- Bias, Hindsight (Psychology) --- Distortion, Hindsight (Psychology) --- Hindsight distortion (Psychology) --- Knew-it-all-along effect (Psychology) --- Memory