Do you want to call yourself a skeptic?

[midlifebear]

Am I the only guarded optimist posting to this string theory excuse for a thread?

 

[B_Hickboy]

Hope is better than optimism.

 

[maxcok]

Am I the only guarded optimist posting to this string theory excuse for a thread?

That depends. Do you classify yourself as a skeptical optimist or an optimistic skeptic?

Hope is better than optimism.

Can hope exist without optimism? How bout the reverse?

 

[B_Hickboy]

That depends. Do you classify yourself as a skeptical optimist or an optimistic skeptic?

Can hope exist without optimism? How bout the reverse?

Yes. They are two independent concepts.

 

[Calboner]

All that to describe a fart. Bless your heart :tongue:

What you say is true. Good for you. :smile:

 

[D_Portelay Porquesword]

What you say is true. Good for you. :smile:

Poets and didn't know it :wink:

 

[maxcok]

Yes. They are two independent concepts.

I can see how one may be hopeful but not optimistic, believe me.

I don't see how one may be optimistic without hope.

 

[maxcok]

Found this old pic of you Cal.

Maybe you can post it in your gallery for non-golds.


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