Ignorance of the signification of words; which is, want of
understanding, disposeth men to take on trust, not onely the
truth they know not; but also the errors; and which is more,
the non-sense of them they trust: For neither Error, nor non-sense,
can without a perfect understanding of words, be detected.
(p.61) Hobbes "Leviathan"
This seems like such a patently obvious statement, but failure to understand this follows us around for entire lifetimes. Essentially, we trust nonsense.
