Isn't it rather about who is optimistic and who isn't? when you scratch a personal itch with some innovation, _you_ are the optimist. when pointy haired boss

Isn't it rather about who is optimistic and who isn't? when you scratch a personal itch with some innovation, _you_ are the optimist. when pointy haired boss has that brilliant idea _he_'s the optimist and the engineers may very well be "that pig ain't gonna fly no matter how hard you throw it..." and the middle managers may prevent the two from talking for a loooong time. anyhow, my key point was: the study I understand (if you don't know enough, you can easily be unrealistically optimistic) and the PR department twist on it I don't, and I disagree with, violently. .oO( else I'd have to admit how stupid I am ;-) )