Are you Cynical or just Sceptical about Minelab's claims for the GPZed

kon61 wrote:Now let me think? Don't think,one must use emotion.   Slim,what can I say? Ahoooohhmmmm.  Buddha be Praised.

  Kon.

Liene Stevens wrote:  On Being A Skeptical Optimist

An optimist is not the opposite of a skeptic, it is the opposite of a cynic.

Cynical people operate with a doom and gloom energy, an outlook that shuts down ideas before they can even start.

Skeptics are critical thinkers. They look beyond the surface and dig deeper.

Skeptical optimists believe that there's always a light at the end of the tunnel and that people can change and have the capacity to do good far beyond what we could ever imagine. They're also aware that asking "why?" isn't negative, but rather a necessary question to gain more clarity and achieve better results.

Skeptical optimists see the glass as half full but never get tired of brainstorming ways to fill it all the way up so that more people can enjoy what's inside.

ttrash wrote:
dig a hole , bury it at different depths  15" , 20" , deeper & see if the 7000 will pick it up &
what settings used ........?

slimpickens wrote:Warning: Extreme amount of Blah, blah, blah.

What is the difference between “sceptical” and “cynical”?
Both the words "sceptical" and "cynical" refer to a doubtful mood, but what is the basic difference between them?
Sceptical means “having reservations”. Someone who is sceptical will not easily be convinced, will be hard to persuade.
The main meaning of cynical is “believing the worst of people”, or as NOAD says, “distrustful of human sincerity or integrity”. By extension, it has come to mean “doubting something will happen”, which can be somewhat close in meaning to sceptical in some cases, but not generally.

A person who is cynical generally has a very bad outlook on life, and has very little faith in others.
A person who is sceptical is more likely to put in the appropriate research before believing what they are told.
Someone who is cynical usually assumes people are out to screw them. Someone who is sceptical understands there are bad people out there, and that is why we must be careful and deliberate in our decisions.

The cynic defines "lifegiving water" as "what fish crap in"

The meaning of cynical is:
1. Believing that only selfishness motivates human actions; not believing in disinterested points of view; feeling uncertain if something will happen or it is worth the effort spent.
Showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions.
Pessimistic.

The meaning of sceptical is:
Having/showing doubt.
Denying or questioning the tenets of a religion.
regarding the doctrines or opinions of philosophical Sceptics.
The examples of sentences containing cynical or sceptical are the following:
Most residents are cynical about efforts to clean mobsters out of their city.
He gave a cynical laugh.
Stalin had struck a cynical deal with Hitler.
The public were deeply sceptical about some of the proposals.

A person is rarely a cynic. Cynicism is a transient attitude which is modified in the light of changing conditions and can be just as healthy as scepticism. The implications above that one may switch from one to the other without intervening new information and consideration, is ridiculous.

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goldchaser wrote:

spinna wrote:deleted

Im only stirring him up spinna,where would we be without Harry's crazy posts......