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Brain Regions Responsible for Optimism Located
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."
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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What is the use of all these discoveries. The world is going to end soon due to global warming.
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
Step 4: Prophet!
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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