Unknown Unknowns

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconblind spots
Executive Parlancemeta-ignorance
Scholarly Discourseepistemic opacity
Babel ZenithUnknown Unknowns
Origin: Donald Rumsfeld

Etymology & Meaning

Things we don't know that we don't know.

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