[yawpitch]

Wouldn’t the short-form version be “you can only misunderstand what you haven’t actually read”?

Otherwise, a reasonably bland summary of what the average human should already know about the subject.

[mobileturdfctry]

Not sure if this was your point, but I didn't post this thinking people on this forum didn't already know most if not all of this. I think the interesting point is that it seems nearly 1/2 of the US population are weaponizing this misunderstanding by allowing these things to inform their political views.

[yawpitch]

That half of the population has been weaponizing ignorance and misunderstanding since well before Darwin.