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"It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so."

Who said that? The correct answer is fake Mark Twain.

The quote came up in conversation this morning (as we were discussing what we don't know about the 2016 election), and I guessed it was one of those quotes that got the name Mark Twain attached to  it to boost its worth and because it sounded like something Mark Twain might say.

I see it was used on a title card beginning the movie "The Big Short," which I didn't see, so the problem of the fake attribution to Mark Twain was timely 2 years ago and discussed at The New Republic, here:

In fact, as far as I can tell no one said that exact quote. According to Quote Investigator, the quote should be attributed to Josh Billings, who in 1874 wrote this in what is perhaps best described as “Krazy Kat English”:

A) I honestly beleave it iz better tew know nothing than two know what ain’t so.
B) Wisdum don’t konsist in knowing more that iz new, but in knowing less that iz false.

Insanely, the book "The Big Short" begins with a (correct) quote from Leo Tolstoy:

“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him.”

I guess the Tolstoy quote was too long and unfamiliar to expect a movie audience to sit there and read. How long would they have to keep the quote on screen? I think when there's a longish text on screen — since you don't know how long it will stay up — you get nervous that it will be taken away before you're done and that nervousness makes it even harder to read. And that Tolstoy quote stokes further anxiety with the early appearance of the phrase "the most slow-witted man." Oh, no! What if I'm too slow witted to read as fast as this movie thinks people should be able to read! 

The fake Mark Twain quote is familiar, and it you need only look at it to remember it and know what it means. And that's how fake beats real. Ironically, that makes the quote about falsity more true. And why Donald Trump speaks in short sentences.

Who said that? The correct answer is fake Mark Twain.

The quote came up in conversation this morning (as we were discussing what we don't know about the 2016 election), and I guessed it was one of those quotes that got the name Mark Twain attached to  it to boost its worth and because it sounded like something Mark Twain might say.

I see it was used on a title card beginning the movie "The Big Short," which I didn't see, so the problem of the fake attribution to Mark Twain was timely 2 years ago and discussed at The New Republic, here:

In fact, as far as I can tell no one said that exact quote. According to Quote Investigator, the quote should be attributed to Josh Billings, who in 1874 wrote this in what is perhaps best described as “Krazy Kat English”:

A) I honestly beleave it iz better tew know nothing than two know what ain’t so.
B) Wisdum don’t konsist in knowing more that iz new, but in knowing less that iz false.

Insanely, the book "The Big Short" begins with a (correct) quote from Leo Tolstoy:

“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the

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most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him.” I guess the Tolstoy quote was too long and unfamiliar to expect a movie audience to sit there and read. How long would they have to keep the quote on screen? I think when there's a longish text on screen — since you don't know how long it will stay up — you get nervous that it will be taken away before you're done and that nervousness makes it even harder to read. And that Tolstoy quote stokes further anxiety with the early appearance of the phrase "the most slow-witted man." Oh, no! What if I'm too slow witted to read as fast as this movie thinks people should be able to read! 

The fake Mark Twain quote is familiar, and it you need only look at it to remember it and know what it means. And that's how fake beats real. Ironically, that makes the quote about falsity more true. And why Donald Trump speaks in short sentences.

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