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- Discovering new things often leads to accusations of heresy against established assumptions.
- Good but non-obvious ideas are hidden by mistaken assumptions that people strongly defend.
- Resisting heresy creates 'dead zones' of unexplored ideas around cherished false beliefs.
- Suppressing heresies blocks both direct contradictions and indirect implications against assumptions.
- Actively seeking heresies can turn dead zones into valuable sources for new ideas.