Rain comments on Rationality Quotes: February 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Rain 01 February 2010 12:41:11PM 19 points [-]

As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things
We know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.

-- Donald Rumsfeld, Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing

Comment author: CannibalSmith 01 February 2010 10:08:52PM *  15 points [-]

Something is missing here, a fourth term: [..] the unknown knowns - things we don't know that we know. That's the unconscious! That's ideology!

-- Slavoj Žižek @ Google

Comment author: Jack 02 February 2010 12:34:29AM 2 points [-]

I saw the Rumsfeld quote, immediately thought of that Zizek line and then instantly concluded no one at Less Wrong would like to hear from Slavoj Zizek. This must be the first time a continental philosopher has received upvotes here. I'm fascinated.

Comment author: RobinZ 02 February 2010 02:19:30AM 3 points [-]

He noticed the blatantly missing corner in the field of possibilities and replied to it intelligibly. I have no idea what a continental philosopher is, much less who Zizek is, but the quote is appropriate.

Comment author: Jack 02 February 2010 02:35:27AM 1 point [-]

Did no one check out the video?

Comment author: RobinZ 02 February 2010 02:50:07AM 1 point [-]

I didn't - watching just now, as suggested by your comment, I bailed at the German type of toilet.

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