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Brain Regions Responsible for Optimism Located

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-can-do-this dept.

TaeKwonDood writes "The brain region responsible for believing you can seduce Giselle Bundchen or make a YouTube clone for bobble-head doll movies successful has been located. Surprisingly, it is not in a bottle of Jager, it's in the rostral anterior cingulate and amygdala."

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  1. excellent... by Macrosoft0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    now i must suppress those regions so i dont get too optimistic and do something stupid, like "first post" on an article, or something.

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  2. Aha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So thats why I have been sad after my wife shot me in the head!

    1. Re:Aha by Edgyboy · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, no, you got it all wrong. You feeling sad only means that she destroyed the part that makes you happy. If you have a strange but persistent feeling that your brain is going to grow back, your rostral anterior cingulate and amygdala are a-okay!

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  3. What is the use by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is the use of all these discoveries. The world is going to end soon due to global warming.

    1. Re:What is the use by moderatorrater · · Score: 4, Funny

      I don't know, the evidence isn't conclusive, and there are at least 5 scientists at Exxon-Mobile who think it's bull.

  4. That's nice. by theskipper · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too bad we'll never be able to do anything with this discovery.

    Sigh.

    1. Re:That's nice. by n+dot+l · · Score: 4, Funny

      Too bad we'll never be able to do anything with this discovery. Pfft. I've already got a plan:
      Step 1: Grab Helmet God.
      Step 2: Upgrade it to stimulate the optimism center of the brain as well.
      Step 3: ???
      Step 4: Profit!!!
    2. Re:That's nice. by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 4, Funny

      I've got a good feeling about it!

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    3. Re:That's nice. by fortunada · · Score: 5, Funny
      Don't you mean:

      Step 4: Prophet!

  5. Are you Deluded?! by imstanny · · Score: 5, Funny

    The brain region responsible for believing you can seduce Giselle Bundchen or make a YouTube clone for bobble-head doll movies successful has been located. Firstly, there's a difference between optimism and delusion. Secondly... forget it, Giselle is here for a booty call.
  6. optimism? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    So I guess this is the brain region that makes some people think their article summaries going to end up perceived as clever or funny.

  7. Damn by MSTCrow5429 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mine's missing.

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  8. so what does this mean? by wcb4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    so are we now able to remove this completely useless section of the brain then. I've always though that optimistic people had something wrong with them and now that this diseases portion of the brain has been islolated it can hopefully be removed allowing those previously affli ted by optimi
    to lead more productive lives.

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  9. Re:A book about pessimism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    In a team situation, the optimist always has someone to blame when the project fails.
    After all, contingency plans are the job of the pessimist.

  10. Amygdala? by jcr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wasn't she the hot chick in that star wars movie?

    -jcr

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  11. Re:Interesting question raised by the summary by greg_barton · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or maybe even get you that date with Gisele.

    Or get you really excited about political candidate X when you go to their speech.
  12. Re:Assumptions by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 3, Funny

    Optimists believe we live in the best possible world. Pessimists fear that might be true.

  13. pfft by sh3l1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    pfft... they will never be able to find the pessimistic part of the brain.

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  14. Re:so... by Trouvist · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's a better way of looking at it... optimism is the defect.

    As a pessimist, I personally am happier than every optimist I know. Here's why I'm always happy:
    1) If I expect the worst, and someone excellent happens, then awesome!
    And now the good part:
    2) If i expect the worst, and it actually does happen, then at least I was right!

    it is totally opposite for optimists, if someone goes wrong then not only are the wrong, but they are also unhappy, my way you always win

  15. Tags work well by tsa · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the tag feature that /. has works very well. If I had heard about this article being on /., I certainly would use the search criteria "science, overactiverostralanteriorcingulateandamygdala, datewithgisele, datewithgiselebundchen, giselebundchen". I wouldn't know how to find this particular article in any other way.

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  16. 2008 WILL be the year of Desktop Linux! by drseuk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry, I can't stop it, my brain's just wired to think like that.

  17. Re:so... by coopaq · · Score: 2, Funny

    "1) If I expect the worst, and someone excellent happens, then awesome!"

    Someone excellent? Wait no more. I happen to happen everyday and it just so happens I happen to be someone excellent.