Positive (Optimistic) Words Do More Harm Than No Words

So apparently now there's a study that debunks the power of positive thinking. This Economist article talks about how most people tend to accept ideas that they already hold. People's tendency is to resist when they are told something that they don't view the same way. So, for folks with low self-esteem, telling themselves that they are loveable actually produced a lot more negative reaction than not telling themselves anything. Science changes everyday (including periodic tables... with man-made elements!! but that is a whole new post onto itself) so who knows how long this theory will last. What made me laugh out loud was the comment by diamonddriller on June 14, 2009 at 19:34. THAT was classic.