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...participants were asked to answer a standard questionnaire that measured optimistic tendencies based on responses to statements like "In uncertain times, I expect the worst." Those scoring highest in optimism on this scale were more likely to be alive eight years later, while those with the lowest, most pessimistic scores were more likely to have died from any cause, including heart disease and cancer...
When, for instance, does a urinary tract (bladder) infection become a pyelonephritis (infection involving kidneys and ureters)? There's no clear-cut answer. But when the computer reminds the doctor, every time he clicks on the "urinary tract infection" button, that the hospital gets many thousands more for the more serious condition, it's just as easy to click on the "pyelonephritis" button and make your administrators happy...
...also worth noting that the current report identifies only an association between optimism and longevity; it does not actually establish whether optimism can directly cause a longer life. Additional research will have to be done in order to answer that question. But if a sunnier disposition helps promote healthy behaviors like eating well and exercising regularly, then there's no reason not to view the glass as half full...
...sports.“That’s really the big thing that emerged in the past few years,” says Jason Rosenfeld, Co-President of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective (HSAC). “You have people with a computer figuring out something and giving an answer and people like scouts giving an answer and it might conflict. [The scouts will say] you don’t know what you’re talking about, you never played.”But Rosenfeld believes that thinking about sports quantitatively simply adds a new perspective...
...mail al-Qaeda to volunteer his services? How long can the NSA sit on a line, figuring out whether it is of real interest, before applying for a warrant? I'll leave that one up to the constitutional lawyers, but I'll be eagerly listening for their answer...