| − | '''Hindsight''' is the recognition the realities, possibilities, or requirements of something after it has happened.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hindsight Hindsight]</ref> In [[patent]] law, hindsight is the reconstruction of an invention from "knowledge gleaned only from applicant's disclosure" and is an improper way of finding that the invention would have been obvious.<ref>[http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/2100_2145.htm Manual of Patent Examining Procedure § 2145]</ref> | + | '''Hindsight''' is the recognition the realities, possibilities, or requirements of something after it has happened<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hindsight Hindsight]</ref> and is the cause of many forms of [[cognitive bias]].<ref>[http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/psych-intel/art16.html Hindsight Biases in Evaluation of Intelligence Reporting]</ref> In [[patent]] law, hindsight is the reconstruction of an invention from "knowledge gleaned only from applicant's disclosure" and is an improper way of finding that the invention would have been obvious.<ref>[http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/2100_2145.htm Manual of Patent Examining Procedure § 2145]</ref> |