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{{a|maxim|{{image|Terry|jpg|A chef being hanged for a kipper, yesterday.}}}}{{d|Terry’s law|/ˈtɛriz/ /lɔː/|n|}}What you see is all there is. In the modernist machine, everything you say can, and will, be held against you; everything you ''don’t'' necessarily cannot. Hence the wisdom of keeping your trap shut: ''[[plausible deniability]]''. | {{a|maxim|{{image|Terry|jpg|A chef being hanged for a kipper, yesterday.}}}}{{quote| | ||
“Jumping to conclusions on the basis of limited evidence is so important to an understanding of intuitive thinking, and comes up so often in this book that I will use a cumbersome abbreviation for it: WYSIATI, which stands for what you see is all there is. System 1 is radically insensitive to both the quality and the quantity of the information that gives rise to impressions and intuitions.” | |||
:—Daniel Kahneman, {{br|Thinking, Fast and Slow}} | |||
}}{{d|Terry’s law|/ˈtɛriz/ /lɔː/|n|}}What you see is all there is. In the modernist machine, everything you say can, and will, be held against you; everything you ''don’t'' necessarily cannot. Hence the wisdom of keeping your trap shut: ''[[plausible deniability]]''. | |||
(''Named after Terry the chef in Fawlty Towers, for his expression “[[what the eye don’t see the chef gets away with]]”''). | (''Named after Terry the chef in Fawlty Towers, for his expression “[[what the eye don’t see the chef gets away with]]”''). |