“People not only don't know what's happening to them, they don't even know that they don't know.” - Noam Chomsky
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28879416
The difference between intelligent and stupid people is that intelligent people know that they don't know a lot of things but stupid people think they know everything.
I do know I have a damn good life though
The guy the Gnome in left for dead is named after right?
didn't people jump on Colin Powell for saying the same thing? "unknown unknowns"? sometimes i get frustrated.
I think it was Rumsfeld. I didn't like the guy, but attacking that quote was dumb.
Yeah, that was dumb criticism at the time and still is. It sounds/looks silly but known known, known unknown, and unknown unknown are all clear and useful concepts
Rumsfeld matrix. I use it for risk assessment in software projects, I believe it very useful 🤷♂️
i just love the phrase! it's like a cross between the rum diaries, the matrix, and donald fucking rumsfeld. i mean, who other than god or rng ever could generate such a union?
Also Noam Chomsky: "Ukraine belongs to Russia".
edit: The man is a Kremlin useful idiot.
Ah yes, an intellectual that has been around since the 60s is a Russian fascist plant. Let's forget that Chomsky has no right wing background at all. Let's just drool all of what we know and show the world how soft our grey matter is.
Source?
Unlikely they know anything about Ukraine pre2023, I doubt they could provide a source for their claim. The are the type of person Chomsky was referring to