The witch said that her crystal ball could predict the future. 女巫說(shuō)她的水晶球可以預測未來(lái)。
By retroactively fooling us into thinking that we knew how the past would unfold, hindsight bias tricks us into thinking we know how the future will unfold. 后視偏差讓我們誤以為我們本來(lái)知道過(guò)去的事情會(huì )怎么發(fā)展,從而進(jìn)一步讓我們以為自己能預測未來(lái)會(huì )怎樣。
He predicted that there would be a world holocaust. 他預言將有一場(chǎng)世界性的浩劫。
The sailor prophesied a severe storm. 航海者預言一場(chǎng)強烈的暴風(fēng)雨將到來(lái)。