MixedNuts comments on Rationality Quotes August 2011 - Less Wrong
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Should it be "if you didn't know, now you know" and aesthetic concerns (ie lyrics flow better with don't) changed it? Because I'm not sure I agree with deducing knowledge from ignorance in the general case.
Maybe, but there's a possible further interpretation: "If you do not understand the mechanisms of what happened, you can deduce from it that you are ignorant about this area, which you would to well to keep in mind".