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Whatifalthist syndrome is when one uses the past as a way to predict the future. You can't use the past as a way to predict the future as you have to look at the context surrounding an event to understand why it happened. The name comes from the youtuber, Whatifalthist, who frequently uses the past in predicting the future.
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