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| Source | Tom Walker - Sandwichman |
| Date | 08/03/02/12:47 |
| I'M THINKING IT'S something deeper than mere wishful thinking,
although it certainly incorporates wishful thinking into that depth. I suspect it's more like a rhetorical 'concession to the consensus' that seeks to qualify his short-term deviance with a conciliatory longer-term view of convergence -- even though that convergence may be based on wishful thinking rather than on data. Perhaps all 'bourgeois stupidity' is based on just such a reflex. On 3/2/08, Jim Devine >>> > > > Happily, Mr. Biderman does not expect the recession to last much > > > > longer than the end of 2008. "I see this thing lasting longer than the > > > > bulls think but not as deep as the bears expect," he said. "People > > > > will start feeling better late this year." > > Sandwichman wrote: > > > And ("happily") his long term prognosis is based on... ? > > wishful thinking, methinks. |
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