[Data-modeling] Modeling uncertainty

[Shawn Simister]

spencer kelly wrote:
> hey, on a slightly different note, what about modelling 'known
> unknowns'? for example the cause of the 1914 toronto fire was never
> known...
>   
There's been a pretty lengthy discussion going on over at the None 
<http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000544a3ef> 
topic that probably applies to this scenario as well.

See: Absence of information vs. information of absence 
<http://www.freebase.com/discuss/threads/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005c7ab84>

Shawn
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