I wish there were a macho way to admit you didn’t know something, so people could understand that admitting uncertainty isn’t equivalent to being wishy-washy.
I mean, sometimes I want to bust out and say, “I don’t know that, and neither do you, motherfucker!” but I’m not sure how well that would go over. Some people get touchy about profanity.
That’s Cathy O’Neil, the Mathbabe, whom I am listening to on Econtalk and is now firmly on the blogroll. It’s been a while since I’ve had a new entrant I’ve been so excited about.
Not Unreasonable 