Scientists and the general public mean very different things by the term. It's far from the only word that has come to mean something broader than its lexical origin.
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Replying to @dansumption
Both scientists and the general public mean "a regime to remove toxins from my body" If the general meaning wasn't about removing toxins, you wouldn't see the word toxin so much in plain English descriptions of these programs.
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Replying to @wycats
So which toxins exactly is a "social media detox" intended to remove?
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Replying to @dansumption
That's an analogy and I agree unlikely to be confused. Do people talk about "Social Media cleanses"? Most of the time when you see people pitching detoxes they are talking about literal toxins.
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Replying to @wycats @dansumption
If you aren't talking about literal toxins, and your program might be confused as talking about literal toxins, I'm suggesting picking a different name might help people soften to it. "Toxin" is toxic, no pun intended.
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Replying to @wycats
Most of the time people talk about detox, they are talking about cutting bad things out of their life. Without regard to whether or not those things are literally toxic.
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Replying to @dansumption @wycats
Besides which, if detox doesn't work for things which ARE toxic, why is it available on the NHS?https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/alcohol-misuse/treatment/#detox-and-withdrawal-symptoms …
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Replying to @dansumption
Are you migrating to "detox actually is about toxins"? If so, I'm happy to go there. But let's keep to one conversation at a time.
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Replying to @wycats
No, I'm just interested to see the NHS promoting detoxing.
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Replying to @dansumption @wycats
My problem is with the Dawkinsist snidiness that so many people who ought to know better, and their refusal to accept that detox means something else to most people than it does to them.
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I'm pretty sure I'm not a Dawkinsist and I don't think I've been snide. I do think you're refusing to admit that "detox" is an intentionally confusing term that *does* mean "remove literal toxins" for many, many people.
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