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Without any judgement of the science, "doubling down" is by itself not a negative thing, is it? Not as native speaker myself, just wondering why you took offens
by moritzwarhier 3y ago
Without any judgement of the science, "doubling down" is by itself not a negative thing, is it?
Not as native speaker myself, just wondering why you took offense on this choice of words.
"Quack" is of course a different thing and the message of OP is clear.
- joshspankit 3y agoThe connotation of “doubling down” has about a 60/40 split where 40% of the time people hear “had faith in their ideas”, and 60% of the time they hear “had lost touch with reality and chased a bad idea”. I believe it comes from the cultural impression of gamblers where some “know what they’re doing” and walk away winners but the majority will keep betting and betting while they keep losing and losing.
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- majkinetor 3y agoBecause of the context of course. Any word on its own can mean anything.