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CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
Conventional wisdom (CW) is a term used to describe ideas or explanations that are generally accepted as true by the public or by experts in a field. The term implies that the ideas or explanations, though widely held, are unexamined and, hence, may be reevaluated upon further examination or as events unfold.
The term is often credited to the economist John Kenneth Galbraith, who used it in his 1958 book The Affluent Society:
It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom.
The term in actuality is much older and dates at least to 1838. "Conventional wisdom" was used in a number of other works prior to Galbraith, occasionally in a positive or neutral sense, but more often pejoratively.
Conventional wisdom is not necessarily true. Conventional wisdom is additionally often seen as an obstacle to the acceptance of newly acquired information, to introducing new theories and explanations, and therefore operates as an obstacle that must be overcome by legitimate revisionism. This is to say, that despite new information to the contrary, conventional wisdom has a property analogous to inertia that opposes the introduction of contrary belief, sometimes to the point of absurd denial of the new information set by persons strongly holding an outdated (conventional wisdom) view. This inertia is due to conventional wisdom being made of ideas that are convenient, appealing and deeply assumed by the public, who hangs on to them even as they grow outdated. The unavoidable outcome is these ideas will eventually not match reality at all, so conventional wisdom will be violently shaken until it doesn’t conflict reality so blatantly.
The concept of conventional wisdom also is applied or implied in political senses, often related closely with the phenomenon of talking points. It is used pejoratively to refer to the idea that statements which are repeated over and over become conventional wisdom regardless of whether or not they are true.
In a more general sense, it is used to refer to the accepted truth about something which nearly no-one would argue about, and so is used as a gauge (or well-spring) of normative behavior or belief, even within a professional context. One such example was conventional wisdom in 1960, even among most doctors, dictated that smoking was not particularly harmful to one’s health.[citation needed] Another: It might be used in this manner discussing a technical matter such as the conventional wisdom was that a man would suffer fatal injuries if he experienced more than eighteen g-forces in an aerospace vehicle. (John Stapp shattered that myth by repeatedly withstanding far more in his research—peaking above 46 Gs).
Conventional wisdom may itself be the subject of legends. For example, it is widely believed that conventional wisdom prior to Christopher Columbus held that the world was flat, when in actuality scholars had long accepted that the earth is a sphere.
When conventional wisdoms are overthrown, outranked, or outflanked by new ideas, and the new conventional wisdom becomes established in place of the previous one, there may yet be considerable remaining affiliation to the previous regime.
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“Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man’s life if he has the weight and cares about the words.”
— Archibald MacLeish
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“Leaders are born with an innate talent to question conventional wisdom.”
—John G Agno quotes
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“The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith quotes
If you like shiny things, you will love mercury glass. Sometimes referred to as “poor man’s silver” because from a distance it has the distinct appearance of silver hollowware. Mercury glass was first made in the 1840s and at that time was much less expensive than real silver.
It was originally patented in England by Hal Thomas and Edward Varnish in 1849. A patent in the United States followed in 1855 by Thomas Leighton of the New England Glass Company. This unusual glass is also known as silvered glass or varnish glass.
Early in the production process the materials used to coat the interior walls of these pieces did contain some mercury but the mercury content proved to be a poor choice and was replaced with silver nitrate. However the name mercury glass stuck and is still used to describe many different silvered glass items.
The look of mercury glass was created by pouring a “silvery” liquid into the space between two walls of glass accessed through a hole in the bottom of the piece. After the space was filled, the hole was closed using some sort of plug. Its continued good looks were directly related to the security of the plug. If the plug became loose or fell out, the opening would cause the silvering to fade, peel or get cloudy resulting in the loss of the silver coating inside.
Many pieces of mercury glass are decorated. Since the double glass walls of each piece were thin and the piece itself was actually hollow, a manufacturer could not actually cut a design as they did on other types of glass. The decorations on mercury glass were created either by applied decals, acid etching or enamel painting. In an attempt to give a more ornate appearance to some of this glass, you will find that a percentage of the mercury glass that was produced in its heyday had a gold colored lacquer finish on the inside which is usually referred to as a “gold wash.”
Although some beautifully decorated pieces were made, to include many different souvenir goblets, the lower valued pieces that were produced for the working class allowed many people to display a real “luxury” item in their homes. Local churches that did not benefit from wealthy contributors also used mercury glass in the form of crucifixes, candle holders and statues. Other items popular with the general public included lamps, vases, plates and figures.
Mercury glass that is in excellent condition can really turn one’s head. The popularity of this distinctive glass started to wane around 1885 and by the turn of the century any interest in it had virtually disappeared. It did enjoy a slight rebirth during the Art Deco period of the 1930s and 1940s. Items such as mercury glass flamingos became a rather hot commodity for all Deco lovers.
Some rather nice original mercury glass collectibles can still be found at auctions today, as well as antique malls. A creative innovation for its time, today it continues to be mistaken for sterling or silver plate. However, when a person gets close enough to this antique glass, he or she realizes it is something much more unique than just a piece of metal ware.
Anne Benedetto is a former auction house owner and former dealer in the antiques and collectibles business, as well as a writer. She presently provides people with important facts, behind the scenes information, helpful tips and first hand knowledge of the brick and mortar auction business. Visit Anne at http://AuctionHouseTalk.com which is an interactive site that also supplies people with original niche related content in AHTs Article Arcade section.
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Escondido, CA (PRWEB) September 12, 2011
Bustec announced today the ProDAQ 3026, a single-slot, C-size, VXIbus slot-0 to PCI Express interface. With low latency and up to 40 MB/s throughput, the ProDAQ 3026 provides a low-cost solution for replacing legacy VXI interfaces. The new interface enables arbitrary power on/off order of host PC and chassis, is optimized for low first-word latency, and is available with interfaces for PCI- and PCI Express-based computers.
The ProDAQ 3026 is a low-cost PCIe VXI Slot-0 interface for applications that do not require the 320 MB/s throughput or optional LXI triggering of the ProDAQ 3030, said Fred Bloennigen, CEO of Bustec. This new VXI Controller delivers flexibility alongside market-leading throughput and latency performance, showing Bustecs continued investment to innovating on the VXI platform. Our line of products allows our mil/aero customers to reliably sustain their test systems, as well as design new high-performance VXI and hybrid systems.
The ProDAQ 3026 supports PCI Express hot-plug functionality, allowing engineers to power up a host PC simultaneously or independently from any and all VXI chassis. Unlike other interfaces that require engineers to power down a host PC before turning off a VXI chassis, the ProDAQ 3026 allows engineers to power off any VXI chassis to interchange instruments without having to shut down the host PC, ultimately saving time.
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Bustec Family of VXIbus Slot-0 Interfaces and Controllers offers a Range of Capabilities
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