"Optimists seem intent on facing problems head-on, taking active and constructive steps to solve their problems; pessimists are more likely to abandon their effort to attain their goals." -M. Scheier, C. Carver, M. Bridges. "Optimism, Pessimism, and Psychological Well-Being."
"Smart people" can be more susceptible to believing in weird things." -Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time, Michael Shermer
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" -Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri
stuck to and covered the clothesline,
then dissolved under an afternoon of rain.
You are a funny one. I find you amusing...
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-M. Scheier, C. Carver, M. Bridges. "Optimism, Pessimism, and Psychological Well-Being."
"Smart people" can be more susceptible to believing in weird things."
-Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time, Michael Shermer
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"
-Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri