Optimists, All Wet

Last updated on: July 11, 2012 at 9:51 pm by Jeremy Lott

Optimists, All Wet 2012-07-11T21:51:30-07:00 Jeremy Lott

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“When you look at a glass of water, do you see it as half-empty or half-full?” is a stupid question that only an optimist would pose. It’s a way of framing the optimist/pessimist divide as some sort of cosmetic preference rather than as the stark philosophical divide it actually is.

The real question is, “Is it poisoned?”

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