The abstract suggests that happiness is a statistical anomaly, and in its final lines they suggest that "One possible objection to this proposal remains--that happiness is not negatively valued. However, this objection is dismissed as scientifically irrelevant."
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corvus@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 146d
I mean... yeah, you have to be pretty crazy to be happy living in this world as it is right now.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 146d
Well so this is almost 3 decades old, but still..
What?
Why? The abstract doesn't really explain the why, why would you want to do that?
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 142d
The abstract suggests that happiness is a statistical anomaly, and in its final lines they suggest that "One possible objection to this proposal remains--that happiness is not negatively valued. However, this objection is dismissed as scientifically irrelevant."
Venat0r@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 146d
It might not be negatively valued by the individual, but maybe it could lead to delusions that have negative externalities...