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."
4 replies
I mean... yeah, you have to be pretty crazy to be happy living in this world as it is right now.
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?
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."
It might not be negatively valued by the individual, but maybe it could lead to delusions that have negative externalities...