• RNAi [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Obviously, I have no evidence nor doubts

      • RNAi [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        It's a very old phrase, you don't have it in english?

        • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Not where I am. It also doesn't turn up anything in Google.

          If I'm gonna be real, it's not something most anglos would come up with. The word "evidence" evokes a lab or a courtroom where assertions without evidence are taboo. It come across as incredibly irreverent because it evokes a set of norms and then immediately violates them.

          I really love it and am going to start using it.

          • RNAi [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            The original phrase is "no tengo pruebas, pero tampoco tengo dudas" or "no tengo pruebas, ni dudas", so rather than "evidence" I should have used "proofs"

              • booty [he/him]
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                1 year ago

                I like the more concise version better, which I would personally localize as, "I have neither proof nor doubt." Love it.