The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only because it is erroneously supposed to do no harm.
Even mistaken hypotheses and theories are of use in leading to discoveries. This remark is true in all the sciences. The alchemists founded chemistry by pursuing chimerical problems and theories which are false. In physical science, which is more advanced than biology, we might still cite men of science who make great discoveries by relying on false theories.
It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.
There are infinite possibilities of error, and more cranks take up fashionable untruths than unfashionable truths.
The trouble with most of us is that we know too much that ain't so.
People still retain the errors of their childhood, their nation, and their age, long after they have accepted the truths needed to refute them.
Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking.
I have spent most of my life unlearning things that were proved not to be true
Mainstream media's representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black men's lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation.
The shows I've been working on, especially 'Parenthood' and 'Friday Night Lights,' I think are completely character-driven stories. I think, for most writers, that's a privilege to be telling those kinds of stories. It's erroneous to me.
Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.
Forceful actions arising from erroneous beliefs often create social effects that confirm the misbeliefs
