Re: OFF-TOPIC: Changing Education Paradigms [Re: Advocating non-free softwares]

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Peter,

>>> An optimist believes that we are living in the best of all conceivable
>>> worlds.  A pessimist _knows_ it.
> 
> Yes!   Got me wondering -- How might one fit
> the realist in here (without loss of pithitude)?

I thought the same thing… What I came up with is this:

An optimist believes that we are living in the best of all conceivable worlds.
A pessimist _knows_ it.
A realist lives in this world.

All the best,
Kieren.