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Maverick views?

Anyways, Samuel became known for his independent mind and his surname Maverick later became synonymous with any unbranded cattle roaming in the wild. In due course, maverick became accepted as an adjective, descriptive of anyone who does things his own way, even if it goes against the grain of what’s commonly accepted as right or correct.

Here are media examples or people who are considered to be “maverick” for having “maverick views”:

1. A Cardiff University study found British scientists ousted ‘maverick’ colleagues to avoid giving their arguments legitimacy.

In comparison, Swedish colleagues believed exclusion only served to exacerbate problems.

The author said this might explain how controversies around issues such as MMR have become health scares in the UK.

Dr Lena Eriksson surveyed 30 expert scientists from Sweden and the UK about their opinions on a high-profile controversial topic in their field of expertise - genetically modified food.

She found significant differences between the two groups’ attitudes about scientist Arpad Pusztai who was suspended from his workplace after claiming in 1998 that a type of GM potato had adverse effects on the immune systems of rats.

The Swedish scientists were more inclined to take the view that there has to be scope for scientists to make mistakes, and therefore the treatment of Pusztai was to be condemned, regardless of the truth to his claims.