People use it like everyone fucking has the innate knowledge of every acronym out there

  • DJKayDawg@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I think the D stands for ‘Division’. Divide groups with infighting such as wedge issues.

    Uncertainty and doubt are synonymous.

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      11 months ago

      Canonically the “D” in the acronym is understood as “doubt”, as you can see here, here (2 of 2), here. Division and infighting play no direct role here.

      Uncertainty and doubt are synonymous.

      They do overlap but complete synonymous are extremely rare. And I believe that, in this context, they refer to different things - the uncertainty as lack of knowledge on how something works, and the doubt on the outcome itself. (@DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com offers an alternate explanation, where the doubt is ideological.)