I think a relevant factor is that people are fully capable of switching the frame from counting up to counting down depending on how they want to spin something. It’s not just a case of “People have personalities where they naturally count up/down”, but more that people can (if unreliably) acccess either viewpoint when convenient.
I think a relevant factor is that people are fully capable of switching the frame from counting up to counting down depending on how they want to spin something. It’s not just a case of “People have personalities where they naturally count up/down”, but more that people can (if unreliably) acccess either viewpoint when convenient.