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Much of the traditional scientific and applied scientific work in the social and natural sciences has been built on the supposition that the unknowability of situations is the result of a lack of information. This has led to an emphasis on uncertainty reduction through ever-increasing information seeking and processing, including better measurement and observational instrumentation. Pending uncertainty reduction through better information, efforts are devoted to uncertainty management and hierarchies of controls. A central goal has been the avoidance of surprise.
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McDaniel, R.R., Driebe, D.J. 1 Uncertainty and Surprise: An Introduction. In: McDaniel, R.R., Driebe, D.J. (eds) Uncertainty and Surprise in Complex Systems. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10948637_1
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