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I always knew it is going to happen

“I told you na …”
“maine kaha tha ki aisa hi hoga”
“I always knew this is going to happen”
“I knew that India will lose today”
“I knew that the professor will take the test”
“I knew that X will be the murderer in the movie”

And the blabbering goes on.

I have often wondered how people know that something is going to happen with so much certainty. And there are just too many such geniuses in the world. Necessary condition being that the thing has already occurred.

They always knew that idea ‘X’ is going to work if idea ‘Y’ didn’t, necessary condition being that there is no chance to execute the idea ‘X’ in that context any more.

Maybe, some hindsight bias, as some jargonically sound person will say.

You meet such kinds of people everywhere. They are all around us. Maybe I, you or anyone has such traits. Just have a conversation while having a journey and you may find different varieties of them in different shapes and sizes.
Dare to say that there are very few geniuses!
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  1. Nikesh Rathi4:41 PM, October 31, 2006

    @silencekilled

    Nothing as such ... but i find this insightful behaviour of people too common
    esp ... when there is a cricket match ya some movie, latest being don ... where someone told that he alreay made out what would be the suspense, (obviously after the movie ended.)
    Maybe he would have guessed it right, but still 'knowing' it, without having any prior knowledge is work of a genius.

    ... and my perpetual cynicism continues.

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  2. Nikesh Rathi5:13 PM, October 31, 2006

    cynicism is now deep rooted in me.
    It can't be cured now !

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