Comments on: Money vs. Happiness http://www.sciencentral.com/video/2009/05/13/money-vs-happiness/ Making Sense of Science Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nick1254367 http://www.sciencentral.com/video/2009/05/13/money-vs-happiness/#comment-2234 Nick1254367 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:04:27 +0000 http://www.sciencentral.com/video/?p=396#comment-2234 Hi, Interesting thoughts! I believe it’s not possible to make a general statement on whether money makes people more or less happy. Money comes with a whole set of new elements that may have good or bad impact on our happiness, and depending on how susceptible we are to every one of them, the conclusion will go one way or the other (i.e. different from person to person). I recently made an effort to provide a more comprehensive picture of what these ad- and disadvantages are. I invite you to have a look at <a href="http://www.spreadinghappiness.org/2009/08/money- how-much-should-we-strive-for-it-to-become-happy" rel="nofollow">Money and Happiness</a> and tell me what you think! Thank you, Nick Hi,
Interesting thoughts! I believe it’s not possible to make a general statement on whether money makes people more or less happy. Money comes with a whole set of new elements that may have good or bad impact on our happiness, and depending on how susceptible we are to every one of them, the conclusion will go one way or the other (i.e. different from person to person). I recently made an effort to provide a more comprehensive picture of what these ad- and disadvantages are. I invite you to have a look at Money and Happiness and tell me what you think!
Thank you, Nick

]]> By: cjniya http://www.sciencentral.com/video/2009/05/13/money-vs-happiness/#comment-2146 cjniya Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:25:55 +0000 http://www.sciencentral.com/video/?p=396#comment-2146 How to gain happiness? Happiness is not the word that print on <a href="http://www.ybuw.com/Wristbands/Customwristbands.asp" rel="nofollow">rubber wristbands</a>. It is easy to gain, but we do not know it. Someone think that fortune could give us happiness; someone said the good-looking is the source for happiness and others consider the success is the main role in the happiness. Let’s talk about the dogs’ life first. There are so many dogs in the city, some of them are the lucky guys and some of them have to wander in the city. Some of the stray dogs could get the blood certificate but their owners do not like them so they just threw these noble dogs to the street. The excellent appearance could not change their tragedy life. For dogs, good-looking is not the key to happiness. Then there are some dogs that lead a rich life, their owners are rich and could offer them the high quality food. They have been trained to be the guard dogs and they have to stay outside the house all day long to perform their duties. They do not know the warm of the family, they are rich, but they are just the tool for their owners. And there are some dogs that live in the ordinary families, which could not afford the high quality food or toys for them. But they just consider the dogs as one member of the family and play with it. Every day their owners would have a walk with them, they also talk to them. Don’t you think these dogs are the luckiest and happiest ones? They have a family. And in my opinion, that is the key to happiness---- the warmth from the family. No matter how poor you are, no matter how ugly you are, family is the softest place for us. When we feel bad, we could go back home and find the comfort in our parents. We might not be accepted by others, but our parents, our families would behind us and support us forever. The real happiness is having a warm family. How to gain happiness? Happiness is not the word that print on rubber wristbands. It is easy to gain, but we do not know it. Someone think that fortune could give us happiness; someone said the good-looking is the source for happiness and others consider the success is the main role in the happiness. Let’s talk about the dogs’ life first. There are so many dogs in the city, some of them are the lucky guys and some of them have to wander in the city. Some of the stray dogs could get the blood certificate but their owners do not like them so they just threw these noble dogs to the street. The excellent appearance could not change their tragedy life. For dogs, good-looking is not the key to happiness.
Then there are some dogs that lead a rich life, their owners are rich and could offer them the high quality food. They have been trained to be the guard dogs and they have to stay outside the house all day long to perform their duties. They do not know the warm of the family, they are rich, but they are just the tool for their owners. And there are some dogs that live in the ordinary families, which could not afford the high quality food or toys for them. But they just consider the dogs as one member of the family and play with it. Every day their owners would have a walk with them, they also talk to them. Don’t you think these dogs are the luckiest and happiest ones? They have a family.
And in my opinion, that is the key to happiness—- the warmth from the family. No matter how poor you are, no matter how ugly you are, family is the softest place for us. When we feel bad, we could go back home and find the comfort in our parents. We might not be accepted by others, but our parents, our families would behind us and support us forever. The real happiness is having a warm family.

]]> By: Skander http://www.sciencentral.com/video/2009/05/13/money-vs-happiness/#comment-2121 Skander Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:32:10 +0000 http://www.sciencentral.com/video/?p=396#comment-2121 I think happiness comes from a combination of things: wealth, love, social status etc. There is no hard recipe since everybody values these things differently. However, it is possible to find out how much one specific individual values these different aspects through conjoint analysis, a statistical approach to extract one's real preferences. I tried to implement this in a very simple (but rigorous) way online. Please let me know if you find it useful: http://dingsme.com/ It is fun, but still scientifically accurate (as long as people do take the time to think about the answers). I think happiness comes from a combination of things: wealth, love, social status etc.
There is no hard recipe since everybody values these things differently.

However, it is possible to find out how much one specific individual values these different aspects through conjoint analysis, a statistical approach to extract one’s real preferences.

I tried to implement this in a very simple (but rigorous) way online. Please let me know if you find it useful:
http://dingsme.com/

It is fun, but still scientifically accurate (as long as people do take the time to think about the answers).

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