past events as I have read about them in history books, where jaw-dropping stupidity
usually plays a much stronger role.
How sure are you that this isn’t hindsight bias, that if various involved historical
figures had been smarter they would have understood the situation and not done things
that look unbelievably stupid looking back?
How sure are you that this isn’t hindsight bias, that if various involved historical figures had been smarter they would have understood the situation and not done things that look unbelievably stupid looking back?
Do you have particular historical events in mind?