Backward causality

My internal logic was a sort of herd mentality, a “backward causality” that since it had been right there then it must be right here.

Backward causality 3.0 on Wardley mapping notebooklm

On being lostMedium

It was the comfort of familiar words and images that had given me the confidence to proclaim it was fine. My internal logic was a sort of herd mentality, a “backward causality” that since it had been right there then it must be right here. I was also young and had convinced myself that the senior executive was bound to know the answer and they were only asking me to test my abilities. I didn’t want to show my inexperience. This moment however continued to irritate me over the years because I knew I had been false and I was just covering up my tracks, hiding from my own inability.