conventional wisdom

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Since the start of the Iran war, the conventional wisdom has been that the whole thing is a hot mess.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Such was the power of conventional wisdom before sustained originalist scholarship was done.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The unpredictability of campaigns means that conventional wisdom about frontrunners and inevitability frequently proves incorrect.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

"But our observations suggest it is surrounded by a relatively thick blanket of gas, upending conventional wisdom about ultra-short-period planets."

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

But Fox and the other purveyors of conventional wisdom turned out to be wrong.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt