This reminds me of Paul Graham's 2004 essay "What You Can't Say"[0] which I think predates Thiel. "The Conformist Test Let's start with a test: Do you have an

This reminds me of Paul Graham's 2004 essay "What You Can't Say"[0] which I think predates Thiel. "The Conformist Test Let's start with a test: Do you have any opinions that you would be reluctant to express in front of a group of your peers? If the answer is no, you might want to stop and think about that. If everything you believe is something you're supposed to believe, could that possibly be a coincidence?" [0] http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html