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the absolute certainty that you're right, which is also how most disasters begin
means A firmly held belief you're sure of, or the formal verdict of guilt handed down by a court — both meanings sharing the sense of being settled beyond doubt.
from From Latin 'convincere,' to overcome or prove wrong, built from 'con-' (an intensifier) plus 'vincere,' to conquer — the same 'vincere' you hear in 'victory' and 'invincible.' So at its root a conviction is something that has been conquered into certainty: in the courtroom, a defendant proven guilty; in the mind, a doubt overpowered until belief stands unshaken.
- double life
- Means both belief and criminal verdict
- latin roots
- From convincere, to overcome or defeat utterly
- persuasion paradox
- Hardest minds to change are the most convinced
- vocal cords
- Speakers with conviction are believed over the accurate
central park five — 5 teenagers convicted in 1989, exonerated in 2002 after dna evidence proved innocence
amanda knox italy case — convicted of murder in 2009, acquitted in 2015 after dna evidence was challenged