Do people who are negative know that they are that way?
That is a question I saw on quora.
I posted about that this very morning.
I think the question implies a bias towards being optimistic about things in general.
You could flip the bias to the negative, and ask : do people who are positive have a realistic understanding of the situation that applies?
There's nothing wrong with being positive but there must exist a reason for the optimism.
Being negative does not necessarily mean that you're being unreasonable, nor does being positive as being synonymous with being right or accurate.
I would rather be right than be optimistic if the optimism was unrealistic.
By the same token, I would hate to be pessimistic if there were some reason to believe that there were very legitimate reasons to be hopeful about a situation.
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