brazil84 comments on Rationality Boot Camp - Less Wrong

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Comment author: brazil84 03 April 2011 09:40:26AM 0 points [-]

And what is the likelihood that there exist important unknown unknowns?

In 1920, could anyone have known that one of the key aspects of nuclear power plant design was that you need a very reliable backup cooling system?

Could they have at least assessed the probability that they were not considering something important?