March 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I have a question.
Insurance companies hire the smartest statisticians around - actuaries - to ensure they remain solvent & make profit.
They invest income to maximise returns.
All knownknowns.
So why are they not the biggest activist lobbyists in the room? Why do they invest in fossil fuels?
Smfh
Insurance companies hire the smartest statisticians around - actuaries - to ensure they remain solvent & make profit.
They invest income to maximise returns.
All knownknowns.
So why are they not the biggest activist lobbyists in the room? Why do they invest in fossil fuels?
Smfh
It's not just the Financial Times last weekend - in parallel, the insurance industry is also increasingly concerned about the risks of #AMOC slowing or shut-down. See this article in The Journal of the Chartered Insurance Institute:
thejournal.cii.co.uk/2025/01/10/c...
thejournal.cii.co.uk/2025/01/10/c...
Climate change: AMOCalypse Now
Praveen Gupta reveals the potential impact of an Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation slowdown – and why insurers must be ready to respond.
thejournal.cii.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I have a question.
Insurance companies hire the smartest statisticians around - actuaries - to ensure they remain solvent & make profit.
They invest income to maximise returns.
All knownknowns.
So why are they not the biggest activist lobbyists in the room? Why do they invest in fossil fuels?
Smfh
Insurance companies hire the smartest statisticians around - actuaries - to ensure they remain solvent & make profit.
They invest income to maximise returns.
All knownknowns.
So why are they not the biggest activist lobbyists in the room? Why do they invest in fossil fuels?
Smfh
What on earth are you going on about? A secular state is one where religion is NOT part of the state, the two things are utterly separate. I know Ireland's recent history re religion and abortion etc.
And I know Israel's conflation of state and religion. Israel is NOT a secular state. Knownknowns.
And I know Israel's conflation of state and religion. Israel is NOT a secular state. Knownknowns.
December 18, 2024 at 11:18 AM
What on earth are you going on about? A secular state is one where religion is NOT part of the state, the two things are utterly separate. I know Ireland's recent history re religion and abortion etc.
And I know Israel's conflation of state and religion. Israel is NOT a secular state. Knownknowns.
And I know Israel's conflation of state and religion. Israel is NOT a secular state. Knownknowns.
"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are #KnownKnowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are #KnownUnknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know."
February 11, 2026 at 3:34 AM
"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are #KnownKnowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are #KnownUnknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know."
Everyone laughed and laughed. But he was right.
If at first you can’t find your car keys in all the normal places, clear your mind. The truth may be jingling in your hand.
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#Knownknowns The propagation of scientific enquiry
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If at first you can’t find your car keys in all the normal places, clear your mind. The truth may be jingling in your hand.
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#Knownknowns The propagation of scientific enquiry
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Known knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns and the propagation of scientific enquiry
In February 2002, Donald Rumsfeld, the then US Secretary of State for Defence, stated at a Defence Department briefing: ‘There are known knowns. There are
academic.oup.com
November 5, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Everyone laughed and laughed. But he was right.
If at first you can’t find your car keys in all the normal places, clear your mind. The truth may be jingling in your hand.
—
#Knownknowns The propagation of scientific enquiry
academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...
If at first you can’t find your car keys in all the normal places, clear your mind. The truth may be jingling in your hand.
—
#Knownknowns The propagation of scientific enquiry
academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...