There are two types of people.

[2Far ★]

1. Those who can extrapolate from incomplete information.

[Prophet Zacharia]

9 minutes ago, 2Far said:

1. Those who can extrapolate from incomplete information.

And those that like any post, just to get points.

[MickinMD ★]

When I studied Inorganic Chemistry, as a junior, I had to learn a variation on studying probabilities called Information Theory: determining how much you do know based on the limits of what you know as well as what you don't know. It was originally used in the '40's in processing incomplete information in communications systems, but it has since been applied to all sorts of things like interpreting data from a lab experiment where the data may be inaccurate to a known extent.

Sometimes what you partially don't know plays a more important role in solving problems than what you partially do know.

[Further]

2 hours ago, MickinMD said:

Sometimes what you partially don't know plays a more important role in solving problems than what you partially do know.

It's not so much what you don't know, but what you do know and are wrong about...

[MoseySusan]

My students hear it from me all the time: Inference is the gentle art of determining the meaning of what’s been left unsaid. 

[2Far ★]

30 minutes ago, roadsue said:

My students hear it from me all the time: Inference is the gentle art of determining the meaning of what’s been left unsaid. 

That's what I meant to imply.