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Being a cynic linked to tripled risk of developing dementia, Finland study suggests
The Daily Telegraph, National Post Wire Services | ^
| Sarah Knapton
Posted on 05/29/2014 1:34:42 PM PDT by BBell
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I am a cynic. There are a lot of cynics here at FR. It's hard not to be a cynic in this day and age.
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:34:42 PM PDT
by
BBell
To: BBell
Its a choice. I choose optimism.
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:36:13 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: BBell
I’m thinking I’m pretty much doomed then.
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:36:54 PM PDT
by
dljordan
(WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
To: BBell
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:37:18 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: BBell
What a silly proposition.
Merry Christmas, everyone. Hello, Ma?
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:37:22 PM PDT
by
skeeter
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:38:55 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: BBell
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:39:10 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: BBell
I will give up my cynicism when the world (and especially Washington D.C.) stops giving me reasons to be cynical.
To: BBell
I have a magnet on my refrigerator that says 'A cynic is a pessimist with a sense of humor.'
To: BBell
Optimist by temperament, pessimist by policy. Murphy doesn't take very many vacation days.
/johnny
To: BBell
Who paid for this study? Studies just show what the funder wants them to show.
To: dfwgator
Im screwed.Not me...I'm more of a skeptic than a cynic. My 12 YO son & 3 YO grandson have turned me away from the dark side.
Not that one would ascertain it from most of my posts.
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:41:29 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
To: BBell
I’m in trouble.
Wait, what were we talking about?
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:41:42 PM PDT
by
absalom01
(You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
To: BBell
So cynics are three times more likely to live to old age. /cynicism
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:42:28 PM PDT
by
BurningOak
(Live Free or Die)
To: BBell
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:42:36 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: BBell
I question the findings of this study. ;)
To: BBell
Believing that others are motivated by selfishness, or that they lie to get what they want, appears to radically increase the risk of cognitive decline in later life. So you either live longer and get suckered out of your money by scam artists because you don't believe people are greedy and lie, or you get dementia and get suckered out of your money anyway. Great.
(That doesn't sound cynical, does it?)
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05/29/2014 1:43:58 PM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: JRandomFreeper
Your approach makes sense in a trust but verify sort of way.
I just look at all the rabidly angry psychotic liberals and I know that pessimism is unhealthy.
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05/29/2014 1:44:03 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: real saxophonist
In college, I was tuba section leader. We called ourselves the 'hardened cynical bastards'. Just because. A female member joined us, and we welcomed her in.
She embraced the 'hardened cynical bastards' mindset, and hot chicks who play tuba are cool.
To: JRandomFreeper
Murphy doesn’t take very many vacation days.
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A colleague used to remind me that “Murphy was an optimist” meaning of course that even he didn’t know how bad things could get. lol
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