What Are You Optimistic About?

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Posted by Hemos on Monday January 01, 2007 @09:43AM from the explain-yourself dept.

vix86 writes "Last year's "World Question" from The Edge was "What is your Dangerous Idea?" So to kick off the off the new year: As an activity, as a state of mind, science is fundamentally optimistic. Science figures out how things work and thus can make them work better. Much of the news is either good news or news that can be made good, thanks to ever deepening knowledge and ever more efficient and powerful tools and techniques. Science, on its frontiers, poses more and ever better questions, ever better put. What are you optimistic about? Why? Surprise us! "

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Unsurprisingly (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 01, 2007 @09:55AM (#17421678)

about finally getting laid! YAY!

What I'm always optimistic about! (Score:3, Funny)

by Pao|o ( 92817 ) writes: on Monday January 01, 2007 @10:15AM (#17421758)

This year's the year I'm getting laid! I shall be no virgin anymore at the age of 27!

well.... (Score:3, Funny)

by rucs_hack ( 784150 ) writes: on Monday January 01, 2007 @10:31AM (#17421802)

That if I wax lyrical on slashdot and other sites for long enough, naked ladies who lust after Unix coders will emerge spontaneously from the interweb.

Uh, yeah... (Score:3, Funny)

by Otter ( 3800 ) writes: on Monday January 01, 2007 @10:47AM (#17421886) Journal

As an activity, as a state of mind, science is fundamentally optimistic.
Somehow, I'm thinking the person who wrote this doesn't actually work as a scientist...
And for those of you who do -- get back in the lab! Wasn't taking a day off for Christmas enough for you? You can watch football while your gel runs.

Re:Stem cells to cure baldness. (Score:2, Funny)

by Peripherus ( 727117 ) writes: on Monday January 01, 2007 @12:47PM (#17422618)

I predict that one year after baldness is cured, men will start shaving their heads.

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