On the contrary, many of them, their reputations under water, have doubled down on those beliefs, apparently in the hope that events will, for once, break their way, and that people might thus be induced to forget their abysmal forecasting track record.
Por el contrario, muchos, cuyas reputaciones ya hacían agua, duplicaron la apuesta, tal vez esperando que por una vez los acontecimientos les darían la razón y así la gente olvidaría su historial de previsiones desastroso.