Friday, March 12, 2010

Optimism and Pessimism

If these were the only two choices-- belief that things can't get better or belief that things can get better --- which would be better?
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  1. AndyMarch 15, 2010 at 7:35 PM

    I take all those points to be apt.

    My personal belief is that there is no theoretical answer to this. Rather, our answer to which is better depends on our assumptions regarding where we ARE right now and where we OUGHT to be. That is, our normative-interpretive enterprise gives us a personal answer.

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