army1987 comments on The Value (and Danger) of Ritual - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 05 January 2012 06:26:18PM 1 point [-]

That's what current science tells us to expect.

[citation needed] (but without the connotation of “I don't believe that” -- more like “I'd like to read more about that”).

Comment author: pjeby 08 January 2012 01:55:43AM 0 points [-]

See Seligman's book, "Learned Optimism". Lots of references there about realism of pessimists vs. success of optimists.