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Re:Why we should care about the Nate Silver vs. Nassim Taleb... by matt4077 on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @10:03AM (#18706833)
“Known unknowns” vs “unknown unknowns”.

Despite the sniggering at the time, those terms are quite smart.

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Re:Why we should care about the Nate Silver vs. Nassim Taleb... by dirtyaura on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @11:57AM (#18708115)
If with ”sniggering at the time” you refer to Donald Rumsfield’s use of the terms, it was his use of ”unknown known” that was bemusing
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