cognitive minority, def. group(s) of people who hold a set of beliefs that differ sharply from the majority view in their society

"Unless our theologian has the inner fortitufe of a desert saint, he has only one effective remedy against the threat of cognitive collapse in the face of these pressures. He must huddle together with like-minded fellow deviants - and huddle very closely indeed. Only in a countercommunity of considerable strength does cognitive deviance have a chance to maintain itself. The countercommunity provides continuing therapy against the creeping doubt as to whether, after all, one may not be wrong and the majority right. To fulfill its function of providing social support for the deviant body of "knowledge," the countercommunity must provide a strong sense of solidarity among its members."
-sociologist Peter Berger, as quoted in Rich Christians In an Age of Hunger

here's to being a "cognitive deviant."