• Sotuanduso@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      This isn’t optimism bias. Optimism bias is personal (“smoking causes cancer, but I should be fine.”)

      What you’re referring to is not optimism bias, but optimism viewed as a bias.

    • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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      1 year ago

      For me it’s important to be optimistic because it allows you to keep working on an issue. If you think it’s over and everything is fucked you won’t work on the issue. You need to believe the issue can be fixed to take the steps to fix it.