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Gabu
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« on: February 14, 2006, 09:53:07 PM »

Yes, for example one of them keeps her thermostat set at 60 degrees in February!  I'm not saying they aren't surviving, I'm just saying their lives are so miserable I'm not surprised at all that they are suicidal.

"Miserable" by whose standards?  I would wager not theirs.
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Gabu
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« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2006, 07:44:32 PM »

No, it can't. Secular science has shown that it doesn't, that happiness is the result of other things. You just don't accept science when it doesn't fit into your belief scheme, so as I said go join the Religious Party or STFU.

I actually saw an interesting study on a subject like this that was very interesting.  What they did is they distributed $1 bills to a whole bunch of people on the campus.  Half of these $1 bills were accompanied by a note explaining exactly what this was about: that the $1 bills were distributed through a study intended to gauge people's happiness upon receiving them.  The other half were accompanied by very cryptic messages that would not at all explain where the $1 bill came from or who left it there.  What they found is that the people in the latter group were a lot more happier upon receiving the $1 bill than the people in the former group.

Though the study stated that more research was obviously needed, it theorized that what makes humans happy is not material possessions, money, or the like, but rather, more non-physical things such as intrigue, unsolved mysteries, or discovery as a result of persistence.

I have a feeling that opebo considers himself "happy" merely because he doesn't really know what real happiness is about.  I certainly would not be happy were I in his position; I am quite happy in my current position, however.
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