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Maybe the most important conjecture in the whole thing is the one that isn't backed up; that optimists are in fact more likely to be successful (in any sense of
by numlocked 10y ago
Maybe the most important conjecture in the whole thing is the one that isn't backed up; that optimists are in fact more likely to be successful (in any sense of the term). Is there factual basis to that claim? A healthy sense of dread and paranoia can be useful (if not fun). Obviously demotivating depression isn't helping anyone, but I don't understand why, prima facie, optimists ought to be "better at stuff" than pessimists.
Also -- this is great and I really enjoyed it. As I have all stuff of yours that I've read. In particular anything related to trampolines and javascript.
- braythwayt 10y agoIn his book, Seligman claims that he actually measured people's performance, and that he has evidence for all of his claims: A: That you can measure optimism; B: And that it correlates with performance; C: That cognitive therapy can increase optimism; D: That the increased optimism correlates with increased performance. He published his studies, but I have not reviewed them, I am just repeating the claims from his book.
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