Friday, September 14, 2007

A scientific talk about happiness by a Smart Guy

(By Matt)

The following video managed to maintain my attention, which is a huge deal because I have problems paying attention to anything except the sensations of 'very hot/very cold' or 'Ouch, this physically hurts' or 'I am hungry' or 'I think I have to poop.'

The guy in the video is Retarded Smart: so smart that it's just Retarded to even conceive his level of intelligence. Luckily for me, I don't have his burden. What I do have is a video of him explaining the science of happiness.

He is a Harvard professor. I have a story about me at Harvard on a wintery weekend that involves ridiculousness, but since my parents read this blog and I may run for President one day, I'll have to remain silent on this. I'm already a Public Figure, so it wouldn't be a good idea anyway.


The minumum thing you can learn from this video is that if you win the lottery, you will be no more happier a year later than the person who, by accident, becomes a parapalegic (a year later). He didn't say anything about parapalegic lottery winners so don't ask.

What I gathered from the video: Balance is important and it's all relative.



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