This is an ideological debate better saved for when you aren't in pain and attempting to climb a mountain.

[ Hope is-

You don't have hope, you have theories. You work, you study, you test, you prove. Hope is a fickle, fragile thing that Adelaide held in her hands when she started this mess but after each failure it'd seemed wisest to let go rather than clench her hands and risk shattering it. ]

Cautious optimism is, I suppose, better than blind optimism.