PhilosopherIsaiahBerlinwrote a famousessay, TheHedgehogandtheFox, after a famouspoembytheGreekpoet, Archilochus, whosaid " Thefoxknowsmanythings, butthehedgehogknowsonebigthing."
A confidenthedgehogoranuncertainandvacillatingfox?
自信が溢れるハリネズミか、それとも不確かで気まぐれなキツネか?
Thiswasputtothetestin a longseriesofexperimentsbypoliticalscientist, PhilipTetlock, whostudied 284 experts, making 28,000 predictionsaboutlongtermevents.
Otherswrotethathewasthemostrenownedscholarintheworldor a universalsage, largelybecausehisgreatwork, A StudyofHistory, spoketothebiggestfearofthetimethatnuclearweaponsweregoingtoendcivilization.