# Much of What We Know May Be Knowing What Not to Do by Marvin Minsky > "Negative meta-knowledge may be a large portion of all we know." > **— Marvin Minsky**, *Jokes and their Relation to the Cognitive Unconscious (1980), excerpt candidate* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Jokes and their Relation to the Cognitive Unconscious (1980), excerpt candidate. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/Information Persistence in Complex Systems|Information Persistence in Complex Systems]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Marvin Minsky|Marvin Minsky]] - [[wiki/Engram|Engram]] - [[wiki/Memory Substrate|Memory Substrate]] - [[wiki/Memory Architecture|Memory Architecture]] - [[wiki/Memory Continuity|Memory Continuity]] - [[wiki/Hippocampal Replay|Hippocampal Replay]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Negative meta-knowledge may be a large portion of all we know." — Marvin Minsky, Jokes and their Relation to the Cognitive Unconscious (1980), excerpt candidate https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-marvin-minsky-know-knowing-not ```