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by iudqnolq 2369 days ago
I think naivety is on the optimism spectrum. How do you define optimism such that it doesn't include deprioritizing negatives compared to positives?
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> an optimist is said to see the glass as half full, while a pessimist sees the glass as half empty.

But even the optimist sees that the glass is only a half full.

Naivety is thinking that half full is the best possible outcome or the only possible outcome.

It literally means "lack of judgement"