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Comment author: [deleted] 16 August 2012 05:13:23AM *  4 points [-]

epistemic uncertainty

I find myself in the embarrassing position of not knowing what that term refers to...

EDIT A few upvotes but no definitions. In case it wasn't clear, can someone tell me what "epistemic uncertainty" means, if it is a thing.

Comment author: Suryc11 16 August 2012 09:02:31AM *  3 points [-]

Isn't it simply the extent to which one is not certain about some (piece of) knowledge? At least that was my intuition when I first read that.

After googling, the closest definition I could find was on Wikipedia under systemic uncertainty--in contrast to statistical uncertainty (aleatoric uncertainty) apparently.

Comment author: shminux 16 August 2012 05:48:06AM 1 point [-]

welcome to the club!

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