realism vs wishful thinking

realism

noun
  • The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation. 

  • A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary. 

  • A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them. 

  • An artistic representation of reality as it is. 

wishful thinking

noun
  • Decision-making based on self-delusion. 

  • The illusion that what one would like to be true is actually true. 

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