Well he was mocking Rumsfeld there a bit, and added "Unknown-Knowns" to fill in the last quadrant of the 4x4 matrix, basically saying it is the ideology or subc

Well he was mocking Rumsfeld there a bit, and added "Unknown-Knowns" to fill in the last quadrant of the 4x4 matrix, basically saying it is the ideology or subconscious at work. But I think the idea is a bit different in that Polanyi's paradox is at a higher level of awareness. Say if someone can play chess but may not able to effectively teach it. Or the linked article in the wiki has jigsaw puzzles as an example. Žižek was talking about deeper processes. Things like people acting according to say Christian ethics while rationally disavowing them and saying they oppose them. His traditional joke about is Niels Bohr with his horseshoe above the door: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTAp3KZwYl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTAp3KZwYl0