Showing posts with label knowing and not knowing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knowing and not knowing. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 October 2014

Things that just ain’t so


 
One of the most popular consultant visuals is the one that divides the topic in hand into things we know we know, things we know we don’t know, things we don’t know we know, and things we don’t know we don’t know. It’s a useful diagnostic tool.

Of course, there’s another category, not captured by the graph, but neatly expressed by the American cowboy Will Rogers (or was it wise Mark Twain?):

It's not the things you don't know what gets you into trouble. It's the things you do know that just ain't so.