Amit, Cynics might also be less inclined to believe gearing one's life to maximize income is a sound decision. Research shows they're probably correct. People in Latin America are for the most part, happier than the Japanese or Koreans:
http://academic.reed.edu/economics/parker/f10/201/cases/happiness.html Then there's the issue of personal disposition. Can someone who isn't credulous by nature ever be converted over to the "blue-pill" mentality? I don't think it happens very often, barring things like brain injury or the use of psychoactive drugs. -Jon * Amit Varma ([email protected]) [150601 09:23]: > 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
