The bearded and softly-spoken founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, describes himself as "pathologically optimistic".

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Despite all this, Lanier can be almost pathologically sensitive when he feels misunderstood.

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Dan took a look around my almost pathologically cluttered cubicle, predicted I would fail hard and walked away laughing.

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Often, because they are not constantly self-correcting to appear right by watching what they say, pathologically honest people come up with novel, or even game-changing, ideas.

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Not so the pathologically honest man who might be grumpy, but is more than willing to risk ruffling your feathers by giving you what he feels is honest feedback.

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