conventional wisdom

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Only by defying conventional wisdom and experimenting with seemingly improbable strategies did the model find an unexpected path forward.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

If a subway would work anywhere in modern Los Angeles, conventional wisdom said, it was along Wilshire Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

“Unlike a lot of the conventional wisdom that AI is going to eliminate people, we see AI here as something that’s going to cause people to be far more productive,” he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Trump is a political survivor who has demonstrated a remarkable ability to confound conventional wisdom.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

At the time the conventional wisdom about the dinosaur extinction was the same as it had been in Charles Lyell’s day a century earlier–namely that the dinosaurs had died out over millions of years.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson