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Wishful Thinking a powerful (but negative) force?

Poll: Is wishful thinking a powerful force that affects belief strongly? Is it powerful but doesn't affect actual real belief and is actually a form of self-delusion?
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Wishful thinking powerfully affects actual beliefs.
22.22%
 2 22.22%
Wishful thinking is a myth and doesn't affect beliefs at all, it isn't even a form of self-delusion or self-deception.
0%
 0 0%
Wishful thinking doesn't effect actual belief but makes you think it does, you go into self-denial when you succumb to it and it's a form of self-delusion and deceiving yourself.
11.11%
 1 11.11%
Turtle thinks too much xD But I like these threads ^__^
44.44%
 4 44.44%
You're posting too many polls and threads today! Stop it now you uninteresting annoying person!
22.22%
 2 22.22%
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Wishful Thinking a powerful (but negative) force?
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RE: Wishful Thinking a powerful (but negative) force?
October 30, 2015 at 1:47 pm
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan

The above quote helped me let go when I fellout with someone important. To me. And I still think it rings true in many situations. But if we don't ever wish for anything to be true, how can we ever improve our own lives? We stagnate.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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RE: Wishful Thinking a powerful (but negative) force? - by c172 - October 30, 2015 at 1:47 pm

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