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{{a|devil|{{subtable|{{unknowns}}}}}}{{d|Knowable unknown|/ˈnəʊəbᵊl ʌnˈnəʊn/ (also “constructive known”) |n|}} | {{a|devil|{{subtable|{{unknowns}}}}}}{{d|Knowable unknown|/ˈnəʊəbᵊl ʌnˈnəʊn/ (also “constructive known”) |n|}}Hailing not from Donald [[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy|Rumsfeld’s famous taxonomy]] but the JC’s private one, a “[[knowable unknown]]” is something you ''don’t'' know, and ''can’t'' know, but believe you can ''as good as know'', just as long as you have enough data, clever enough [[algorithm]]s and a suitable array of industrial-grade reality distortion fields and bullshit detector defeat devices installed around you. | ||
Such as that | Such as that “options will behave as predicted by the [[Black-Scholes option pricing model]]”. | ||
The problem with [[knowable unknowns]] is that they are irritatingly time-bound, and tend to be lazily knowable at all the times where you don’t really need to know them, but then suddenly impenetrably ''un''knowable just when your pants are down, life is standing behind you with a red hot poker and it would be really super convenient if, just for one goddam moment, you could know them ''right now''. | |||
Victims of expiring [[knowable unknowns]] include [[Long-Term Capital Management]] in 1998, the entire [[financial services]] industry in 2008, and those people who mistook [[Sam Bankman-Fried|Sam Bankman Fried]] for some kind of genius. | |||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[System redundancy]] | *[[System redundancy]] | ||
*[[Unknowns]] | *[[Unknowns]] | ||