Monday, April 2, 2012

Doubt and uncertainty

"Doubt is uncomfortable, but certainty is absurd" - Voltaire

Who is not uncomfortable with doubt and uncertainty but we never trust the person who is overly confident in the certainty.


"To know that we know what we know and to know that we don't know what we don't know, that is true knowledge" -Copernicus 


This seems to be the original quote that is the basis for the Donald Rumsfeld comment of knowns known.

Picked up both quotes from Jonathan Reiss of Analytical Synthesis, LLC

No comments: