But researchers also found that, contrary to popular opinion, supervising children's homework is not particularly helpful.

但研究人员还发现，与普遍看法相反，监督孩子的家庭作业并不是特别有帮助。

James Herriot, contrary to popular opinion, did not find it easy in his early days of, as he put it, “having a go at the writing game”.

跟大众的观点不同，正如吉米·哈利所言，自己早期在“写作游戏中的尝试” 并不怎么顺利。

Using confidence inspired by critical thinking and evidence, he was able to bravely make efficient decisions contrary to popular opinion at the time and so can you.

凭借批判性思维和证据激发的信心，他能够勇敢地做出与当时流行观点相反的有效决策，你也可以。

For example, early focus groups found that contrary to popular opinion at the time, wives often had more influence than their husbands when choosing which car to buy, so Chrysler shifted gears by marketing cars directly to women.

例如，早期的焦点小组发现， 与当时的流行观点相反，在选择购买哪种汽车时， 妻子往往比丈夫更有影响力，因此克莱斯勒改变了方向， 直接向女性推销汽车。