On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:
> Cynicism comes at a price. Literally. That’s the conclusion of newly > published research, which finds holding cynical beliefs about humanity is > harmful not only to your personal health, but also to … > > http://flip.it/2CZ4z > It probably goes both ways: I'd imagine cynics are less likely to go bankrupt as well. Simply put, cynics, as the article defines it, would be less likely to take risks, and so would have lower variance. Also, causation could run the other way: failure could make a person cynical. Of course, one of the surveys looked at the respondents with a 10-year-gap, but some 'cynics' might have become so because of prior failures, which could be because of habits/predispositions that would make them less likely to succeed later as well. That said, it's all too simplistic for me. Or maybe I'm just being a cynic. -- Amit Varma http://www.indiauncut.com http://www.twitter.com/amitvarma
