[extropy-chat] optimism study

[Al Brooks]

A Dutch research involving 900 men & women aged 65-85
has concluded there is a 55% reduction in death by all
causes by the subject being optimistic; a 23%
reduction in death related to cardio-vascular
conditions by being optimistic. One obvious problem is
that if one is too optimistic one will be severely
ridiculed-- even in a nation such as Holland few can
bear excessive ridicule. It is almost as if most have
a sort of sonar built into them giving them the
ability to sense when someone is too optimistic or has
the guarding of one's psychic flank down caused by
temporary depression or merely inattention. It's a
peculiar phenomenon that is in itself enough to shake
one's optimism.
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 BTW, this list's discussion of the cosmos'
conceivably being alive is thought-provoking. It leads
one to think of parallel universes, time travel from
the future, collective unconscious self-fulfilling
prophecies, and other science fiction topics.



		
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