Re:Knowledge is like a house of cards
by fernandohur on Thursday May 05, 2022 @04:37PM
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Nassim Taleb's Black Swan is also a great read on the instability (or in his words, fragility) of knowledge. A single observation is quite often enough to break what has been considered solid knowledge for years.
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Eh, you also have to discern between individual bits of knowledge and systems knowledge when considering systems stability.
You can have complete knowledge of a component, but that may not be helpful when attempting to determine the affect of that component in a system where you have incomplete knowledge of other components.
Nonlinear systems that trigger at thresholds are a good example of this.