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Originally posted by Mr Mephisto
You've got to be kidding Peryn, right?
It doesn't make sense. It's bad English, full of tautological pleonisms.
I honestly worry about you if you think that nonesense "makes perfect sense."
Mr Mephisto
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It's grammatically odd, and easy to make fun of, but I think I understand what he's trying to say.
A known known: We know that North Korea is in Asia.
A known unknown: We do not know the extent of North Korea's nuclear program.
An unknown unknown: If North Korea had some sort of evil weapon beyond our comprehension, not only do we not know it, we do not even speculate about the fact that we do not know about their weapon.
I think he's trying to say, "we know about some things, don't know about other things, and don't have enough knowledge to even seek to know about yet other things." There's no way I can think of to express this concept without being obtuse.