the unknown unknown unknown

twain, rumsfeld, gödel walk into a bar.

the bartender looks at twain and says, "have you heard about all this vibe coding? everyone's a developer now. they're all making apps."

twain takes a drink.

"the trouble isn't what they don't know. it's what they think they know that just ain't so."

rumsfeld shakes his head.

"most of them are stuck with unknown unknowns—the things they don't know they don't know."

the bartender says, "so they're just constantly singing 'Jesus, take the wheel'?"

"More or less," says gödel. "the model can produce an answer, but it cannot reliably prove that the answer is correct."

the bartender frowns.

"so vibe coders don't know what they don't know?"

gödel finishes his drink.

"worse. their app says they do."