the.com/received wisdom
the stuff everyone believes because everyone else believes it.
means an idea accepted as true simply because it's been passed down or repeated, not because anyone actually checked it.
from from received meaning accepted or handed down, as in a received text or received doctrine, dating to when authority came from tradition and pedigree rather than evidence.
not evidencepopularity and truth are different things entirely
often outdatedspinach was never actually iron-rich, that was a math error
self-perpetuatingrepeated confidently enough, anything starts sounding proven