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A wrong idea that feels right because everyone agrees with it.
means A belief or idea that is factually incorrect, often held sincerely despite the mistake.
from Built from the Latin prefix 'mis-' (wrongly, badly) joined to 'conception,' from Latin 'concipere' — to take in, grasp, or form in the mind. A conception is literally a thing conceived, an idea taking shape; a misconception is that same mental birth gone wrong — the thought formed, but formed badly, from the start.
- origin
- confident ignorance, not stupidity
- spread via
- repetition, not evidence
- fun fact
- correcting one often entrenches it further
- cure
- curiosity, rarely facts alone