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I think about this quote sometimes: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. “ – Mark Twain

truculent 4y ago
Spoken like a true gambler
TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
What does it mean? Can you spell it out for me?
- AndrewStephens 4y ago
  Paraphrased: You do not get led into trouble by the totally unknown. It is your incorrect beliefs that get you into problems.
- colineartheta 4y ago
  If you don’t know something, and know you don’t know something, you’re likely not going to do something bad with that information. For example, if you don’t know anything about engines, you’re probably not going attempt to fix one. But often times we think we know something, and are confident that what we know is true, when it really isn’t. And that’s what gets us in trouble. For example, thinking you know something about engines, but instead you flood the cylinders and require a real mechanic to fix it instead.
- aix1 4y ago
  > What does it mean? Can you spell it out for me? It's not the absence of information that tends to create difficulties; rather, it's when you firmly believe in something that is incorrect, which can lead to complications. A real-world example can be found in the story of the Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. At the time, the Titanic was considered the largest and most luxurious ship ever built and was famously referred to as "unsinkable." This overconfidence in the ship's safety features led to several poor decisions, such as not providing enough lifeboats for all passengers and crew members on board. The belief that the Titanic was unsinkable was incorrect, and when the ship struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage, it sank, causing the deaths of over 1,500 people. In this case, it was not the lack of knowledge about shipbuilding or navigation that led to the disaster, but the misplaced confidence in an incorrect assumption—that the Titanic was invulnerable to sinking. This overconfidence contributed to the inadequate safety measures and ultimately the tragic outcome. (by ChatGPT; I thought I'd be fun to see what it had to offer.)
  - mandmandam 4y ago
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dang 4y ago
Not Twain: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/11/18/know-trouble/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/11/18/know-trouble/. But all similar lines get attributed to him or Abe Lincoln (who btw never said the thing about fooling all of the people some of the time &c.)

truculent 4y ago

Spoken like a true gambler

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago

What does it mean? Can you spell it out for me?

AndrewStephens 4y ago
Paraphrased: You do not get led into trouble by the totally unknown. It is your incorrect beliefs that get you into problems.
colineartheta 4y ago
If you don’t know something, and know you don’t know something, you’re likely not going to do something bad with that information. For example, if you don’t know anything about engines, you’re probably not going attempt to fix one. But often times we think we know something, and are confident that what we know is true, when it really isn’t. And that’s what gets us in trouble. For example, thinking you know something about engines, but instead you flood the cylinders and require a real mechanic to fix it instead.
aix1 4y ago
> What does it mean? Can you spell it out for me? It's not the absence of information that tends to create difficulties; rather, it's when you firmly believe in something that is incorrect, which can lead to complications. A real-world example can be found in the story of the Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. At the time, the Titanic was considered the largest and most luxurious ship ever built and was famously referred to as "unsinkable." This overconfidence in the ship's safety features led to several poor decisions, such as not providing enough lifeboats for all passengers and crew members on board. The belief that the Titanic was unsinkable was incorrect, and when the ship struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage, it sank, causing the deaths of over 1,500 people. In this case, it was not the lack of knowledge about shipbuilding or navigation that led to the disaster, but the misplaced confidence in an incorrect assumption—that the Titanic was invulnerable to sinking. This overconfidence contributed to the inadequate safety measures and ultimately the tragic outcome. (by ChatGPT; I thought I'd be fun to see what it had to offer.)
- mandmandam 4y ago
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dang 4y ago

Not Twain: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/11/18/know-trouble/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/11/18/know-trouble/. But all similar lines get attributed to him or Abe Lincoln (who btw never said the thing about fooling all of the people some of the time &c.)