#133: Dangerous Knowledge, Diagnostic Evidence & the Cone of Uncertainty
3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Knowledge Discovery
I. Dangerous Knowledge
The most Dangerous Knowledge is not the kind of knowledge you think it is. It’s the assumptions we make every day. Senior lecturer in intelligence and security studies Charles Vandepeer explains:
Assumptions have been described as the most dangerous form of knowledge. Why? Because an assumption carries with it unconsidered information, knowledge that is not subject to thought or critique. However, assumptions are a fact of life; we all have them and we all rely on them. Within intelligence analysis, assumptions are critical because of their potential consequences. The best that we can do is identify them and make them explicit.
—Charles Vandepeer, Applied Thinking for Intelligence Analysis
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