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The "types of knowledge" sounds like Donald Rumsfeld quote who was derided for speaking of the concept since 2002 and I'm sure before then even. "known knowns,
by DigitalJack 13y ago
The "types of knowledge" sounds like Donald Rumsfeld quote who was derided for speaking of the concept since 2002 and I'm sure before then even. "known knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_known_knowns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_known_knowns
- seivan 13y agoI remember hearing that from Samuel L Jackson in one of The Boondocks episode. Best episode ever.
- josefresco 13y agoI believe it was also Rumsfeld who was derided for saying something along the lines of "you go to war with the army you have, not the army you wish you had" in response to casualties caused by IED's.
- georgemcbay 13y agoAs much as I didn't care for most of the entire Bush administration it always bothered me that he was made fun of for that quote since it is actually incredibly profound (if not particularly original).
- dredmorbius 13y agoThe concept of unknown unknowns far predates Rummy's use of the term. I'd run across it in the book Forced Options by theologin Roger Shinn, first published in 1982, which he attributes to engineers -- the "unk-unk".