# Undiscovered public knowledge discovery overindexes on things that have good databases [[Most human knowledge is not encoded]] so this happens because of the [[Streetlight Effect]]. As a result, it is tempting to be optimistic about [[Undiscovered public knowledge discovery - UPKD]] as a way to generate new knowledge. This is why many [[Undiscovered public knowledge discovery - UPKD]] efforts focus on medical literatures because it is one of the most heavily databased disciplines. ### Related * [[Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining - ToA]] * [[Meta (Paper Discovery)]] <!-- #stub --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Undiscovered+public+knowledge+discovery+overindexes+on+things+that+have+good+databases) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Undiscovered+public+knowledge+discovery+overindexes+on+things+that+have+good+databases)