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Example: "His theory contradicted scientific orthodoxy, so he couldn't get funding, couldn't publish, couldn't get a job. Twenty years later, the orthodoxy shifted, and suddenly he was a visionary. That's how orthodoxy works: it protects consensus first, and evaluates evidence second."
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