• RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    There is a thing called the “Midwestern I Don’t Know“.

    When a Midwesterner says “I Don’t Know“ it really means, “I Know, But I’m Not going to Tell You”

  • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Actually, saying you don’t know, when you do, in the right context is a great teaching utility with kids.

    They could ask like, why something is or does and while you know the answer, it’s much better to foster their curiosity and help then learn and understand instead of just giving the answer.

  • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    There’s known knowns and known unknowns. But you cannot do anything about unknown unknowns. And unknown knowns are the Akashic records but we’re not going to get into that.