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The one person in the room who read the terms and conditions.
means Someone who withholds belief or agreement until they've seen better evidence.
from Straightforward: 'doubt' plus the agent suffix '-er.' 'Doubt' traces back through Old French 'douter' (to fear, be uncertain) to Latin 'dubitare' — itself built from 'duo,' meaning two. To doubt is, at root, to be pulled between two possibilities, unable to settle on one — which fits the terms-and-conditions reader perfectly, forever weighing the fine print against the promise.
- etymology
- from latin dubitare, to waver between two things
- social role
- keeps optimists from becoming investors in nothing
- paradox
- must doubt even their own doubt sometimes
- reputation
- wrongly confused with pessimist, actually just paying attention