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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: jivJaN]
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Hmm...I can't find the main study I had in mind but here's some similar link.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6W4M-42V690F-4&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d7765ac43c37d6adf955e64d7fb1c262
or
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S016503270600499X
"Patients showed significantly more activation of left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with highest cognitive load. Additionally, they showed higher activation in ventromedial prefrontal cortex during the control condition."
I will look a bit more if I can find a more precise study.


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Though lovers be lost love shall not  And death shall have no dominion
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"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."Martin Luther King, Jr.
'Acceptance is the absolute key - at that moment you gain freedom and you gain power and you gain courage'

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: jivJaN]
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It sounds like you are answering your own question, and I agree.  Pessimism does not help at all.

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: C.M. Mann]
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Both mind states would be helpful under certain conditions. Rationalism always.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: jivJaN]
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jivJaN said:
The question remains..What is the purpose of this pessimistic attitude.. and then..
Why spread it around unless you have a hidden agenda of destroying the same humanity you are inevitably a part of.


:satansmoking:


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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: deCypher]
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I would love to destroy humanity as it is now. Had I not become pessimistic about the propaganda of our educational system, parents, government, etc. I would most likely now be married and in debt and miserable and thinking this was a the best possible world. No thank you.

I'm guessing that my "pessimism" is more "optimistic" (and for sure more realistic) then the fantasy based optimism of many here.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Icelander]
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Yep, optimistic pessimism is where it's at.


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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: deCypher]
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Don't mock me son.:satansmoking:

Much optimism around here reminds me of the Jews telling themselves that going into the concentration camps would just be temporary and everything would work out ok. Because no one would want to do what was about to happen to them.



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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Icelander]
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I believe you have misread Bob Wilson, sir. Please try again.

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Middleman]
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explain


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Icelander]
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Have you read the cosmic trigger series? Remember how RAW dealt with the loss of his daughter Luna? Remember the final secret of the Illuminati?

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Middleman]
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And look what happened to him? R.I.P.:satansmoking:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Icelander]
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Yes, look what happened, his and Leary's work will one day be recognized like Jung's and Freud's has.

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Middleman]
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I doubt that. In the dark age we are entering everything will be forgotten. Probably for the best too.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Icelander]
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Make a thread about the 'Dark Age', IceLander! :thumbup:


That is, unless you're still ignoring me...


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Icelander]
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We are at the end of a dark age not the beginning. 2300 is the dawn of the next golden age, only a few more lifetimes to go. :snowman:

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Poid]
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Poid said:
Make a thread about the 'Dark Age', IceLander! :thumbup:


That is, unless you're still ignoring me...



Well the dark age is brought on by certain posters that I have had on ignore. Need I say more?


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Middleman]
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Middleman said:
We are at the end of a dark age not the beginning. 2300 is the dawn of the next golden age, only a few more lifetimes to go. :snowman:


Pure Quackery and New Age nonsense. End my ass. The fun is just beginning.:satansmoking:

Golden age:rofl2: Then I suppose Jesus will rapture us all "glad up to heaven". Man I love your sense of humor.:thumbup:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Icelander]
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Icelander said:
Poid said:
Make a thread about the 'Dark Age', IceLander! :thumbup:


That is, unless you're still ignoring me...



Well the dark age is brought on by certain posters that I have had on ignore. Need I say more?


Ignoring people doesn't help to 'enlighten' the darkness! :awesome:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Poid]
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Who said I wanted to enlighten this mess. It's not possible IMO. I want to hasten it's demise.:heart:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Pessimism ? [Re: Icelander]
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A noble man you are indeed.


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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