If you fancy dabbling on the stock market, you might want to keep an eye on the Spotify charts. According to new research from The London Business School, Auckland University of Technology and the Audencia Business School, the measures of positive or negative mood which the music download choices indicate : “ is positively correlated with […]
Tag: optimism
Cock-Eyed Optimism: Using a Foreskin to Repair Eyelids
This study documents a case of cock-eyed optimism in a German surgical team, and the presumably happy result for the patient: “Cicatricial ectropion in ichthyosis: a novel approach to treatment,” Detlef Uthoff [pictured here], M. Gorney and C. Teichmann, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, June 1994, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 92-5. The authors, at […]
Not as bad as you think … [a possibly cheerful collection of same]
Pessimists, maybe it’s time to cheer up! Things are not (always) as bad as you think. See for example : • The forward premium anomaly is not as bad as you think • Exchange rate models are not as bad as you think • The international diversification puzzle is not as bad as you think […]
Annals of optimism: Sharpe’s teeth
Another scientific breakthrough seen likely to improve lives almost immediately: This one is reported in The Guardian, under the headline “Grow-your-own to replace false teeth“: “Tests have shown the technique to work in mice, where new teeth took weeks to grow. There’s no reason why it shouldn’t work in humans, the principles are the same,” […]