Re: Mind's Eye the standard over-optimist?

I believe Freud had a term for this, a schizotypal something or other.
I think this is a topic where Perceptual Control Theory applies
strongly in refining our internal heuristics, and Genetic Behaviorism.
What we have is a very advanced piece of hardware that our cultural
software has leisurely adapted to (IMO).

The tenacity to persist and endure, and the capacity to see through
challenges. 'Bias' is the least I would call it. But then that is my
humanist side speaking. :) Though I agree with the article given my
tendencies to be downright cynical in the purchasing dept. I'd likely
be voted off the island quickly I think.

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Allan H <allanh1946@gmail.com> wrote:
> watched a tv show that proved that people are naturally optimistic in their
> sub conscious..  this is what was coming out of research and there is no way
> to undo it..  built in factor..  the best you can do is modify it
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> the subconscious was a fascinating subject.
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> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:23 PM, archytas <nwterry@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=opting-out-of-overoptimism
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>> This is an interesting little story covering some of the research
>> demonstrating people are over-optimistic and this has dangerous
>> outcomes.  I winder if this is how the peculiar views on economics
>> most hold and the dominance of cheery types in our media?
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