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April 16, 20260 citationsOpen Access

When Authority Protects Deviance: Symbolic Immunity, Agnotology, and Medical Governance

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NSNicolas Schneider

Key Points

  • The research aims to explain the relationship between authority and the protection of medical deviance through a new conceptual framework.
  • Developed a unified framework called symbolic immunity.
  • Articulated concepts such as agnotology and cognitive biases.
  • Tested the framework's applicability through the Theranos case.
  • Identified that higher authority corresponds with greater protection for deviant behaviors.
  • Showed that structural protections vary significantly based on the actor's authority.
  • Demonstrated the relevance of strategic ignorance in medical governance.

Abstract

This article proposes a unified conceptual framework — symbolic immunity — to explain why radically different forms of medical deviance all benefit from structural protection proportional to the actor's authority. The model articulates agnotology, strategic ignorance, normalization of deviance, cognitive biases, and the MICE+G counterintelligence framework. Partial falsifiability testing via the Theranos case. Bilingual preprint FR/EN.

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Nicolas Schneider (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e07e992f7e8953b7cbf76bhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19561667
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