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I got an HTC Incredible which is about on par with an iPhone (in between the 3g and the 4g), and it still seems like magic when I use it.
I think this speaks more to your attitude than to the model and brand of phone.
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Guide for? I hope not blindness since the guy seems to be looking at a computer.
You don't have to be completely blind, the person may just have a severe visual impairment, and thus can still see a monitor in 1-2ft in front of them.
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Well, now we're talking in terms of relativity. You're saying that it's not 'horrible abuse' because it is standard treatment, but this says nothing of whether or not standard treatment is 'horrible abuse.' For example, The Jews that weren't killed in the concentration camps "didn't have it so bad" compared to the ones were. But this says nothing of whether or not overall treatment of Jews in concentration camps was…
Whoa, I never expected Godwin to show up in a discussion thread about a horse.
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Yes it is an assistance animal[1]. It is kind of sad that the guy never figured it out. At least he didn't go and try to pet it or something. [1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/magazine/04Creatures-t.htm...
Who says he didn't? A logical explanation doesn't change the analogy. I'm aware that S&M Gimps exist. If I went into an Apple Store where someone was being led around by a gimp, and no-one was paying attention, I'd still think that was unusual. Not to mention that an aside explaining that helper horses exists detracts from the art of storytelling.
Let's say that I see the horse and I do realize that it's an assistance animal, albeit unusual. If other people doesn't look so surprised I might suspect my ignorance: it seems that all other people know what's going on, and take it as perfectly normal. As I don't want to stand out in the crowd as the only freak who didn't know about this socially accepted habit, I simply play quiet as nothing strange happened.
The same thing could happen in the head of many people and the overall effect would be that of uninterested people not caring about anything.
Group psychology is a very strange and fascinating thing.
(The analogy is with the tale of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperors_New_Clothes)
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Are you saying that if I approach life in a happier and more satisfied mindset, odds are I will make more money? Sweet!
I am not saying that and the study is not saying that. Hijacking a statement through abandonment of context is a poor way to make a point amongst intelligent people.
I know it’s not the topic of the submission but I would have very much liked to get an explanation. Is it maybe a guide horse? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guide_horse
Yes it is an assistance animal[1]. It is kind of sad that the guy never figured it out. At least he didn't go and try to pet it or something. [1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/magazine/04Creatures-t.htm...
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There is a well-known corollary here with happiness. People think that if they are million- or billionaires, or have a super-fit girlfriend, or drive a ridiculous car or live in a massive house or whatever they'll be happy, or at least happier. However all studies have shown that rich people are not happier than poor(er) people. And more interesting is people that have suffered catastrophic accidents or contracted di…
Your statement is just wrong. Angus Deaton at Princeton found "Each doubling of national income is associated with a near one unit increase in average life-satisfaction measured on an eleven point scale from 0 ('the worst possible life') to 10 ('the best possible life')". I'm all for deluding yourself with baseless platitudes to rationalize your lack of success, and then getting a Yeah! Yeah! rally of upvotes from pe…
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100701072652.ht...
"A worldwide survey of more than 136,000 people in 132 countries included questions about happiness and income, and the results reveal that while life satisfaction usually rises with income, positive feelings don't necessarily follow, researchers report."
And some further recent research on the matter reviewed here:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-money-b...
Basically - increasing wealth makes you immune to the smaller/simpler joys in life.
From the paper you quoted, this was also in the abstract:
"HIV prevalence in Africa has little effect on Africans’ life or health satisfaction"
which actually supports my other assertion that those with disabling diseases or conditions are no less happy than those more fortunate (assuming you equate life-satisfaction with happiness).
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Your statement is just wrong. Angus Deaton at Princeton found "Each doubling of national income is associated with a near one unit increase in average life-satisfaction measured on an eleven point scale from 0 ('the worst possible life') to 10 ('the best possible life')". I'm all for deluding yourself with baseless platitudes to rationalize your lack of success, and then getting a Yeah! Yeah! rally of upvotes from pe…
I don't think the rude dismissal is warranted. I think the point retube was trying to reference is that studies have shown that people vastly overestimate the magnitude and duration of changes in happiness due to a windfall or catastrophe (the most recent source I have for this is Dan Ariely's Upside of Irrationality ). While there is a shift of overall life satisfaction, major changes are much less impactful to your…
