pjeby comments on Unknown knowns: Why did you choose to be monogamous? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pjeby 28 June 2010 02:58:04PM 9 points [-]

Somewhat OT: this is not really Rumsfeld's taxonomy. My first knowledge of it is probably from the 1997 book, "To Do, Doing, Done" -- which in turn cited the space program as the origin of the taxonomy, and also of a phrase, "deadly unk-unks" used to describe the unknown unknowns.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 28 June 2010 03:23:22PM 6 points [-]

"Deadly unk-unks" is much funnier than "unknown unknowns".

Comment author: WrongBot 28 June 2010 05:50:20PM 2 points [-]

Ah, thanks for the cite. And "deadly unk-unks" is the best phrase I've encountered this week, so thanks for that too.