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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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To: Night Hides Not
Remember, there’s a cloud in every silver lining. ;)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Actually I’ve become more like Elvis Costello.
I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused.
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:51:34 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: BBell
I am very skeptical of this study’s findings.
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:51:58 PM PDT
by
Robwin
To: Night Hides Not
And one more thing...the glass is half empty. And there’s probably a crack in it. ;)
To: Starboard
I question the findings of this study. ;)Best reply yet.
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:52:24 PM PDT
by
BBell
(The Blue Dog is Stupid)
To: BBell
I believe that there are good people and that there are bad people, but in the long run the good win out.
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:52:26 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Moonman62
In the really long run, we all die. ;)
/johnny
To: BBell
humm, a survey that includes “cynical,” untrusting people who nevertheless willingly provide personal, private information to strangers in white coats. ok. now, what could be wrong with this “study.” could the sampling itself be directly generating the studies’ result?
another very good reason to avoid answering all surveys and polls.
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:57:11 PM PDT
by
dadfly
To: BBell
Bull$h!t. It’s equally valid to say that the approach of dementia causes a person to become cynical.
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:57:39 PM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: JRandomFreeper
In the long run, we didn’t exist for 13.8 billion years, but now, here we are.
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posted on
05/29/2014 1:58:59 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Moonman62
I'm not staying long... I'll be gone before the buffet closes. ;)
/johnny
To: BBell
Maybe cynics don’t develop dementia so much as grow to match the world around them. It’s self preservation really.
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posted on
05/29/2014 2:01:16 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Seriously, do we no longer do "phrasing"?!)
To: BBell
“No matter how cynical I get, it’s impossible to keep up.” - Lily Tomlin
To: Carl Vehse
No matter how cynical I get, its impossible to keep up. - Lily Tomlin Genius!
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posted on
05/29/2014 2:04:55 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
To: cripplecreek
I just look at all the rabidly angry psychotic liberals and I know that pessimism is unhealthy.Four years as a stockbroker formulated my primary objective in life: to grow old without becoming bitter.
I heard so many stories from bitter retirees who should have been enjoying comfortable retirements, thanks to the wealth they had accumulated: missed opportunities, lousy jobs, lousy bosses, ungrateful kids, etc. They spent too much time dwelling on the past.
As to my ungrateful kids, I simply say "you're going to miss me when I'm gone." lol
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posted on
05/29/2014 2:08:12 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
Atleast being a cynic or a skeptic will give you a good chance of reaching the age when dementia kicks in.
To: BBell
Hmmmm..... And a study on aging that was just released recently found that people with low blood pressure were much more likely to develop Alzheimers than people with high blood pressure. So does that mean that cynics are more likely to have low blood pressure?
To: Starboard
If the glass is half empty, who stole the other half?
To: BBell
There’s also a .99 correlation between margarine in the house and the divorce rate...
Spurious Correlations:
http://www.tylervigen.com/
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posted on
05/29/2014 2:13:13 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: BBell
It's not cynicism if people really do suck.
(apologies to Henry Kissinger)
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posted on
05/29/2014 2:13:42 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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