This is just a phrase in an article, there is no reason to believe it reflects the reality in any way. For example, the guy faced a sceptical advisor's response

This is just a phrase in an article, there is no reason to believe it reflects the reality in any way. For example, the guy faced a sceptical advisor's response to his proposal. You could say "Krapivin was held back by the conventional scepticism of his boss" (which is a real thing vs the mythical power of conventional wisdom). Yet he wasn't.