Perhaps it is because cynicism is a naive and natural state, and optimism is learned. — ernestm
There isn't?There is no school of philosophy about pessimism. Fate, yes. Suffering, yes. Depression, yes. Pessimism, no. — ernestm
Just because I am cynical does not mean that I necessarily fear something, for example-a lot of people use cynicism to combat fear, they believe that expecting the worse to happen can help prepare them for it to happen, thus no reason to be afraid. — Grre
.Why is it true, if one drops a piece of buttered bread, there is always a feeling of dread that it will land butter-side down? — ernestm
Just because someone has established an extrinsic bias to optimism in some cases, does not mean that other people are naturally pessimistic too, or pessimistic in other cases.
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