If you misunderstand a misunderstanding, you just understand.

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If you misunderstand a misunderstanding, you just understand.

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  2. Better_Signature_363 Avatar

    Initial statement:

    1+1=2

    Misunderstanding 1:

    1+1=3

    Misunderstanding 2:

    1+1=4 <- does this person understand?

  3. BigDaddyD1994 Avatar

    Possibly, although you could misunderstand a misunderstanding in a way that create a second misunderstanding. This could cause the original misunderstanding participants to then create a third misunderstanding of your misunderstanding of the original misunderstanding. This could conceivably continue forever, collapsing all of the known universe into an infinite series of misunderstandings

  4. Jeffdipaolo Avatar

    Don’t understand an overpass during a tornado.

  5. DrCatrame Avatar

    It’s easy to prove that your showerthought is valid if and only if you are speaking about Boolean variables.

  6. Then_Entertainment97 Avatar

    There are ininite ways to be weong, but few ways to be right.

  7. IBJON Avatar

    Might want to get back in the shower and give this one a bit more thought 

  8. Spidron Avatar

    I think you misunderstood how misunderstandings work.

  9. Alfiy_wolf Avatar

    Tell that to my wife – I bet I’d still be wrong