Pseudoprogression: fact or wishful thinking in neuro-oncology?

Fact or wishful thinking? Biased expectations in "I think I look better when I'm tanned".

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of tanned female images on respondents' perceptions of attractiveness, healthiness, and height and weight estimations. METHOD A 3 (light, medium, or dark tan) by 2 (male or female respondent) experimental design. RESULTS Only male respondents perceived the dark-tanned woman as more physically attractive and thinner than both light- and medium-tanned women. Me...

The Gaia Hypothesis: Fact, Theory, and Wishful Thinking

Organisms can greatly affect their environments, and the feedback coupling between organisms and their environments can shape the evolution of both. Beyond these generally accepted facts, the Gaia hypothesis advances three central propositions: (1) that biologically mediated feedbacks contribute to environmental homeostasis, (2) that they make the environment more suitable for life, and (3) tha...

Surrogate endpoints: wishful thinking or reality?

Wishful Thinking

and we will write to you when there is a bed available yes I know it's painful, and six months is a long time to wait, but I am afraid we have already lost two wards this year because of the cuts. Mrs Thatcher keeps taking money away from us to spend on Trident Missiles Yes I wish you would write to your Member of Parliament about it. Hello Sister, is it tea time yet? Sister: Not yet I'm afraid...

Wishful Thinking

An experiment tested whether and in what circumstances people are more likely to believe an event simply because it makes them better off. Subjects observed a financial asset’s historical price chart, and received both an accuracy bonus for predicting the price at some future point, and an unconditional award that was either increasing or decreasing in this price. Despite incentives for hedging...