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Posts Tagged 'pessimism'
The Wisdom of Pessimism [video]
Published October 27, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Alain de Botton, negative outlook, optimism, pessimism, positive outlook, Psychology, School of Life, video, wisdom
“There Will Always Be Too Many Chips For The Amount Of Dip.” And 60 Other Lesser Known Laws Of The Universe
Published July 20, 2015 Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: anything can go wrong, fail, funny, humor, Laws Of The Universe, loser, Murphy's law, optimism, pessimism, realism
Cheer Up! Now There’s An App That Tells You If Your Plane Will Crash
Published February 10, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Air Travel, aircraft, airline, Am I Going Down, Apple, iPhone, optimism, pessimism, smart phone, smartphone, statistics, tourism
More than just being a $0.99 novelty, though, ‘Am I Going Down’ is a good case study in human irrationality. Most nervous flyers are probably dimly aware that they’re at far greater risk driving or walking or shovelling snow, but there’s something emotionally terrifying about plane crashes that captures our imagination.
Read about the ‘Am I Going Down’ app HERE.
Charlie Brown Always Gives Good Advice [comic]
Published April 28, 2011 Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: cartoon, Charles Schultz, Charlie Brown, comic, funny, Good Advice, humor, life secret, Peanuts, pessimism, worry
It’ll Never Work!
Published February 24, 2011 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Albert Einstein, doubting Thomas, failure, John von Neumann, Lee DeForest, pessimism, Peter Ustinov, Robert Goddard, Sir Walter Scott, Thomas Edison, Western Union, Wilbur Wright, wrong
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is page from lhup.edu has many quotes from throughout history, from a wide variety of doubting Thomases who were quite certain that something or other was a terrible idea, doomed to failure. My favorite is near the end – If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can’t be done.– Peter Ustinov
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