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A fringe theory is an idea or a viewpoint that differs significantly from the accepted scholarship of the time within its field. Fringe theories include the models and proposals of fringe science, as well as similar ideas in other areas of scholarship, such as the humanities.
Fringe theories, ideas or viewpoints which differ from the accepted scholarship in their field. For fringe theory in general, see Category:Fringe theory.
A fringe theory is an idea or a collection of ideas that departs significantly from the prevailing or mainstream view. It can include work done to the appropriate level of scholarship in a field of study but only supported by a minority of practitioners, to more dubious work.
The original studies supporting FIT began falling out of favor in the 1930s. By the late 1950s, it was regarded as a fringe theory. The Clovis First theory held that the Clovis culture was the first culture in North America. It was long regarded as a mainstream theory until mounting evidence of a pre-Clovis culture discredited it. [15] [16] [17]
A fringe theory is neither a majority opinion nor that of a respected minority. [1] [2] In general, the term fringe theory is closer to the popular understanding of the word theory—a hypothesis or a guess or an uncertain idea—than to the concept of an established scientific theory. [3] Although often used in the context of fringe science ...
The best sources to use when describing fringe theories, and in determining their notability and prominence, are independent reliable sources, outside the sourcing ecosystem of the fringe theory itself. In particular, the relative space that an article devotes to different aspects of a fringe theory should follow from consideration primarily of ...
Similarly, the border between the lower end of fringe science and the upper end of pseudoscience is hard to distinguish. Some fringe theories were taken seriously as alternative mainstream theories for at least a little while, and were then rejected. Plasma cosmology would be an example. The original version of this was posted here
Christ myth theory – A fringe theory that proposes that the historical Jesus did not exist in any capacity whatsoever. While the divinity of Jesus is disputed, Christian and non-Christian scholars of antiquity universally agree that Jesus of Nazareth was a Galilean Jew who lived in the first century, was baptized , and later crucified by ...