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I think back to the time of Columbus ..
The cynics of the time must have urged him not to entertain an idea as foolish as that the earth could be anything other than flat..
History is often cruel to such vanities...
Sure, this sounds preposterous .. but imagine if it was not? Who do you want to be? The cynic or the Columbus?
You know what the really funny part here is? People knew the world was round, and what they thought was impossible was Columbus reaching Asia by heading west because his calculations of the distance were incorrect. The cynics were, in fact, correct and Columbus could not reach Asia.
The lesson here? It isn't that you should always be optimistic, but that you should listen to people who actually know what they're talking about and check your math or you're just depending on dumb luck to provide the result you want.
And frankly, if you're going to do that why bother with PUA at all? Any AFC can wander up to every random chick and hope for a miracle.