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To: gypsy who wrote (2306)	1/19/1999 2:10:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13018

No, that is a defeatist -- A realist is one who dispassionately calculates the probabilities of success and failure from a repeatable chance event (gamble or lottery), and the value of success and of failure. When he multiplies the probability of success by its valence and adds to it the product of probability of failure by its valence, the algebraic sum is the expectation of value of the gamble. The realist always makes bets with positive expectations and never makes bets with negative expectations. A defeatist one who quits even when there remains a chance of success. A martyr to glory is one who fights on when there is no hope of winning (Cyrano de Bergerac: "It is much more glorious to fight when there is no hope of winning.") A hero ignores the odds and fights as long as he or she can.