Common wisdom goes unchallenged - whether it’s right or wrong

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I like this one. We - society - used to think the Sun revolved around the Earth. It was the common wisdom of the day and it was wrong.

Today, we have lots of common wisdom in fields like economics. Taxes are needed to fund the public sector. The government needs to be in surplus. Unemployment is unavoidable. Inflation is unavoidable. I could go on …