Realism vs Idealism

Neither, I'm a pessimist (as in Schopenhauer) when it comes to philosophical realism and idealism.

Originally posted by tptmanno1
Evy,
I was talking In general.
And Through what I've experienced Realists not unhappy, but are quick to say "that wont work" or "No, we can't do taht"
While Idealists try to find a way. I'm not saying its bad to be one or the other, We need ballance I'm just sayying that with my limited experience I've seen many Realists be Pessimists.
IMO only.

Well, I can see your point... But the right way to say it is, "many pessimists are realists" and not the other way round 🙂
And I agree on the balance thingy... Also, it's better a person to be realist when needed, and idealist when needed. That's the best.

I think Im more of a realist, but we could sure use more idealists in the world.

😄 I think we need both, realistic and idealistic people.
We all need a balance. A nice combination of both worlds.