We should not forget that not only understanding, but also misunderstanding is a necessary and useful condition in communication.

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. Bertrand Russel (1918/1956). The Philosophy of Logical Atomism. In R.C. Marsh (Ed.) Logic and Knowledge. Allen & Unwin. p.193