The american inteligence...

Um dos moços lá do lab acabou na 6ª feira o seu pós-doutoramento (a parte prática, pelo menos). Antes de se ir os "bosses" lá do sítio convenceram-no a dar uma pequena apresentação. Ele começou com uma citação do secretário da defesa dos EU. Dado o meu carinho e estima pelos americanos não podia deixar de colocar aqui um exemplo do "inteligência" desta gente:

Secretary Rumsfeld:
As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know.
Furthermore, there are known knowns we know but don't want you to know, and things you know we know no one knows because we made them up. There are possible knowns we make up and pass off as known knowns, but we know they are not known and know not to admit they're not known but in fact known knowns.
There are also unknown knowns, things we'd like to know, but don't know, but know someone who can doctor them and pass them off as known knowns. You know?

O que realmente me seduz são "the unknown unknowns"... Dá que pensar ein?