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by Running, Fall Up on December 11th, 2008

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What does it mean when someone says “Hindsight’s 20/20?”

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  • by Dr_Dredd on June 11th, 2009

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    Looking back, it's easy to see where things went wrong. It's much harder to do that while events are still unfolding.

    In medicine, we sometimes say, "Everything looks clearer through the retrospectoscope..." :-)

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