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{{d|Unknown known|/ʌnˈnəʊn nəʊn/|n|}} | {{d|Unknown known|/ʌnˈnəʊn nəʊn/|n|}} | ||
One type of [[unknowns|unknown]] that doesn’t appear in [[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy - Risk Article|Donald Rumsfeld’s taxonomy]], but which ''should'', since it is | One type of [[unknowns|unknown]] that doesn’t appear in [[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy - Risk Article|Donald Rumsfeld’s taxonomy]] of “knowns”, but which ''should'', since it is the source of ''more'' catastrophe in our time than any of the others, is the [[unknown known|“unknown known]]”. | ||
Unknown knowns are the things you ''do'' know, but you don’t ''know'' you know — or, at least, conveniently ''forget'' you know — at just the point it would have been most prescient to remember them. | Unknown knowns are the things you ''do'' know, but you don’t ''know'' you know — or, at least, conveniently ''forget'' you know — at just the point it would have been most prescient to remember them. | ||