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The Science Of Happiness

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the next-stop-miranda dept.

Hogwash McFly writes "There's an interesting article over at The Times that attempts to answer the question 'So what do you have to do to find happiness?' by exploring the biology and psychology behind this highly sought-after emotion. This article opens up new insight into the common perceptions of what makes us happy, such as having more friends and more money. Detailed in the article is the idea that our early ancestors' struggles against adverse weather and predators have led us to instinctually focus on what is wrong or out of place in order to react with more efficiency, then going onto autopilot when things are going well."

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  1. Friends, money, a fucking big TV set by snuf23 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Who needs all that when you've got...

    heroin?

    (spoken in a Scottish accent of course)

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    Sometimes my arms bend back.
  2. Re:Religion? by Lady+Jazzica · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    There's nothing wrong with the Crusades as such. Don't Christians have the right to defend themselves when Muslims attack them?

    Not that there weren't certain war crimes committed during the Crusades (against Church teaching), but that's a separate issue from the morality of a call to defend Christians. In the same way, the various war crimes committed by Allied forces in World War II doesn't mean that there was anything wrong with fighting the Germans and Japanese.

  3. There is only one way to true happiness... by Rainark · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You must find God.

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    A place for everything, everything in its place. - Ben Franklin