[ExI] cynicism

Mike Dougherty msd001 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 5 21:48:23 UTC 2013


On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:
> On 05/02/2013 14:27, Mike Dougherty wrote:
>> Sometimes I wish I wasn't so cynical; then I remember why it's a good idea.
>
> You are just saying that to look good.
>
> http://hanson.gmu.edu/metacynic.html

Thanks for that.  Originally meant as a throwaway kind of tagline, it
got more response than anything I've posted lately.  :)

I'm curious though, especially in this group - does one "look good" as
an idealistic cynic or as a repentant cynic?



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