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I don't pit it as an antonym. I am simply responding to your claim that it's realism that moves things forward :) Realists are navigators, optimists are starte
by ThomPete 5y ago
I don't pit it as an antonym. I am simply responding to your claim that it's realism that moves things forward :)
Realists are navigators, optimists are starters, pessimists are never-starters :)
You need bias to move things forward.
- dredmorbius 5y agoThe word you're looking for isn't "optimism", it's "hope". That's perseverence without denial.
- ThomPete 5y agono optimist have hope, you cant be a hope. I am perfectly aware of the words i use :)
- dredmorbius 5y agoThe word describing someone having hope is hopeful.
- ThomPete 5y agoYes thats still not the same as a A realist, A pessimist or AN optimist.
- dredmorbius 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27222190 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27222190 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27223307 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27223307 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27225350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27225350
- dredmorbius 5y agoAnd the point is that you need multiple factors. Realism to correctly assess the situation and dynamics. Hope and/or perseverence to follow those through to their potential. Again: optimism denies reality. It gets you into trouble eventually, even if it can glide over some rough spots. At best, optimism can limit self-sabotage or inhibition. It does nothing to change the Universe itself.