OT: a term for trying to avoid making mistakes due to unfamiliarity with a subject
(off topic but asking here as someone might remember the term) In the last year or two there was - I think - a user on this ML who prefixed or suffixed their query with wording to the effect of, "I am new to this so I don't know what I don't know, so please help me avoid leaving out needed info" They used a shorthand term that I think was an eponym for this- can anyone remind me what it was? It is closely related to but is not: - Dunning-Kruger effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect) - the Rumsfeld "unknown unknowns" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_unknown_unknowns) - "unconscious incompetence" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_stages_of_competence) I include those wikipedia links as their "See Also" section is where I thought I might find this but no dice yet. Cheers, Rob
On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 at 12:39, Rob Hallam <ffmpeg@roberthallam.com> wrote:
(off topic but asking here as someone might remember the term)
In the last year or two there was - I think - a user on this ML who prefixed or suffixed their query with wording to the effect of,
"I am new to this so I don't know what I don't know, so please help me avoid leaving out needed info"
They used a shorthand term that I think was an eponym for this- can anyone remind me what it was?
To quickly close the loop: it was the "Anosognosic's Dilemma", from this thread in November: https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-user/2023-November/057183.html Searching email by unread and for combinations of new / newbie / etc got me there in the end. Via Sod's Law / Rubber Duck principle- had I not publicly asked the question, I'd never have found the answer myself. Cheers and back to your regularly scheduled programme, Rob
Thanks for that trip down the rabbit hole. I had never heard the term before, so when I looked it up, I came across this: https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/the-ano... Warning: it's part 1 of 5 parts. Leo On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 6:59 AM Rob Hallam <ffmpeg@roberthallam.com> wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 at 12:39, Rob Hallam <ffmpeg@roberthallam.com> wrote:
(off topic but asking here as someone might remember the term)
In the last year or two there was - I think - a user on this ML who prefixed or suffixed their query with wording to the effect of,
"I am new to this so I don't know what I don't know, so please help me avoid leaving out needed info"
They used a shorthand term that I think was an eponym for this- can anyone remind me what it was?
To quickly close the loop: it was the "Anosognosic's Dilemma", from this thread in November:
https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-user/2023-November/057183.html
Searching email by unread and for combinations of new / newbie / etc got me there in the end. Via Sod's Law / Rubber Duck principle- had I not publicly asked the question, I'd never have found the answer myself.
Cheers and back to your regularly scheduled programme, Rob _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user
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