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Old 10-17-2007, 03:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Manufactured Happiness

I came across this interesting presentation about science and happiness. Check it out, and comment if you like. It's the sixth video in the list.

The Ten Videos to Change How You View the World - lifehack.org
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Old 11-08-2007, 11:14 AM   #2 (permalink)
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not only are unhappy people not manufacturing happiness, they are manufacturing unhappiness
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^ Good point! bongsmilie
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Interesting and true. Yet I feel it's just a delusion to help you cope with the current reality. A survival mechanism. That doesn't really sit right with me, because when reality bites, it bites hard, and it'll tear down any wall you've built out of delusion quite promptly. : (
 
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Old 11-19-2007, 10:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
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