http://www.jamesrobey.com/why-optimism-is-more-rational-than-pessimism/ ruby/rails/ppc/seo/4hww/geoarbitrage/vagabond/catamaran/3flags/hydroponics/economics/philosophy/outerspace/etc Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:55:24 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.jamesrobey.com/why-optimism-is-more-rational-than-pessimism/comment-page-1/#comment-28 james Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:46:45 +0000 http://www.jamesrobey.com/why-optimism-is-more-rational-than-pessimism/#comment-28 Or perhaps pessimism is a negative trait, and natural selection will eventually lead to more optimism. After all, the source of most breakthroughs that brought technology and civilization to the world seems to have been done by the incorrigible optimists, those that withstood the ridicule of their radical ideas and made them a reality. Or perhaps pessimism is a negative trait, and natural selection will eventually lead to more optimism. After all, the source of most breakthroughs that brought technology and civilization to the world seems to have been done by the incorrigible optimists, those that withstood the ridicule of their radical ideas and made them a reality.

]]> http://www.jamesrobey.com/why-optimism-is-more-rational-than-pessimism/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Dad Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:28:52 +0000 http://www.jamesrobey.com/why-optimism-is-more-rational-than-pessimism/#comment-25 the world is populated with both types. this may be a species survival mechanism guaranteeing that we don't all wander mindlessly into the abyss. the world is populated with both types. this may be a species survival mechanism guaranteeing that we don’t all wander mindlessly into the abyss.

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