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Orthodoxy is usually wrong.

'More is experienced in one day in the life of a learned man than in the whole lifetime of an ignorant man.' - Seneca 3BC-65AD

'The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.' - Bertrand Russell ‘29

'The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority, have always done just the opposite.' - Arthur Schopenhauer

'The masses have never thirsted for the truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master….Whoever attempts to destroy those illusions is always their victim.' -

Gustave Le Bon, 1895

'The place to stop the misuse of knowledge is not at the point of inquiry, but at the point of misuse.' - Arthur Jensen ‘81

'Coalitions are indeed the death of science, and prima facie, designing an evolutionary science able to fly under the radar of political correctness is not a great strategy for discovering scientific truth.' - Kevin MacDonald ‘23

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