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When Wiener started pushing Yimby policies about 15 years ago, many of his ideas were unpopular and fringy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
But when I asked Chalmers about the omission of quantum theories of consciousness, he informed me that they were too fringy for this conference.
From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2023
“What we have unfortunately learned over the last 30 years is that there’s a whole lot of people who share his views. … At the time it seemed fringy, now it seems a bit frightening.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2020
“What we have unfortunately learned over the last 30 years is that there’s a whole lot of people who share his views. . . . At the time it seemed fringy, now it seems a bit frightening.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2020
I thought sitting on one of those red velvety couches chock-full of fringy pillows was probably akin to suffocating.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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