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Re:Sad, lonely people more likely to be ‘natural’ social psy... by knaik94 on Friday August 20, 2021 @04:19AM (#28243851)
I don't think delusion is the best word for it. Delusion implies that the vision of people in leadership roles are unrealistic in some way. I think resiliently optimistic is probably a better term. I don't think most people are motivated by myth, they're motivated by good support.
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Re:Sad, lonely people more likely to be ‘natural’ social psy... by gauravjain13 on Friday August 20, 2021 @04:18PM (#28250916)
That's fair – I wasn't being particularly rigorous when I implied "delusion".

Resiliently optimistic is better. Reminds of me of the Stockdale Paradox:

"You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, and at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stockdale#The_Stockdale_...

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