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		wwweston on Dec 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Ran... "Credulous" is the boring existing term, I think. I might enjoy "barnummark" or "candidable." Some might use the term "optimist" in this sense. Whether it's fair or unfair to call them cynics is left as an exercise for the reader.

whatshisface on Dec 20, 2018 [–]

None of those words have the same bite, in that they don't imply the belief is unfounded and probably wrong.

ringshall on Dec 21, 2018 | | [–]

Credulous does, at least to me. I've always considered it a pejorative term.

Izkata on Dec 21, 2018 | | [–]

Maybe "naive belief"? Almost rhymes, too, so easy to say/remember.

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