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

[Leo Butler]

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-anosognosics-dilemma-1/

Warning: it's part 1 of 5 parts.

Leo

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 6:59 AM Rob Hallam <ffmpeg at roberthallam.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 at 12:39, Rob Hallam <ffmpeg at 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
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