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mushroom comments on What false beliefs have you held and why were you wrong? - Less Wrong Discussion

28 Post author: Punoxysm 16 October 2014 05:58PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 16 October 2014 08:11:37PM 13 points [-]

For some fun examples, see wikipedia's list of common misconceptions, (although several entries seem like misconceptions about misconceptions.)

Comment author: Azathoth123 17 October 2014 02:38:28AM 1 point [-]

(although several entries seem like misconceptions about misconceptions.)

Up-voted for the parenthetical.