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We sometimes think we understand a new idea when we have mistaken it for one we already knew.

Drawn from what Rebecca Newberger Goldstein said

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  1. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Philosopher and novelist
    But this does mean we sometimes think we understand an idea when we don’t, mistaking it for an idea already in our repertoire.

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