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This article analyzes to what extend new knowledge and ignorance-structures within financial markets challenge basic assumptions in scientific discourse. ‘Ignorance’ is seen as an inherent part of governance-regimes. It is argued that the self-fulfilling prophecy of a bank run as the dominant metaphor for systemic risks is insufficient to capture today’s dynamics and categorical changes. Therefore, the paper seeks to show that ‘science’ has not sufficiently attempted to fully come to terms with issues of uncertainty and self-reference.