[FFmpeg-user] OT: a term for trying to avoid making mistakes due to unfamiliarity with a subject

Rob Hallam ffmpeg at roberthallam.com
Tue Jan 16 14:39:47 EET 2024


(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


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