Got the term from Malcolm Gladwell’s “What the Dog Saw and other adventures”. Fascinating reading

ah man, didn't know that phrase but I _really_ don't like what it denotes. It's a verifiably BAAAD THING!

denlillaapan

I did read it even though you gave us strict instructions not to, because I just learnt about 

 yesterday and thought that this was a good example that illustrates it haha

Creeping determinism is the sense that grows on us, in retrospect, that what has happened was actually inevitable. It turns unexpected events into expected ones. The occurrence of an event increases its reconstructed probability and makes it less surprising than it would have been had the original probability been remembered.

econ

Bill Gross: Lessons From My Investing Career (Financial Times, Bill Gross)

I did read it even though you gave us strict instructions not to, because I just learnt about *creeping determinism* yesterday and thought that this was a good example that illustrates it haha

> Creeping determinism is the sense that grows on us, in retrospect, that what has happened was actually inevitable. It turns unexpected events into expected ones. The occurrence of an event increases its reconstructed probability and makes it less surprising than it would have been had the original probability been remembered. 