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Being wrong in a way institutions find threatening instead of charming.
means Beliefs or opinions that depart from what's officially accepted as true or orthodox.
from From Greek heterodoxos — heteros 'other, different' plus doxa 'opinion, belief' (the same doxa that gives us 'orthodox,' from orthos 'straight, correct'). So heterodoxy is literally 'other-opinion': the shadow twin of orthodoxy, defined entirely in relation to whatever the straight line happens to be at the time.
- vs orthodoxy
- same evidence, different conclusion, worse dinner invitations
- etymology
- greek for other opinion, politely translated as heresy
- survivor bias
- today's genius was yesterday's heterodox crank
- institutional fate
- tolerated until it threatens funding, then branded dangerous