Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Happiness

According to the latest issue of the Journal of Happiness Studies (yes, there really is a journal with that name):
"Happiness does not heal, but happiness protects against falling ill. As a result, happy people live longer. The size of the effect on longevity is comparable to that of smoking or not. This is concluded from an analysis of 30 follow-up studies published in the latest issue of the Journal of Happiness Studies (September 2008)."
The journal is peer-reviewed. I suppose the reviewers must be pre-screened as happy.

Other findings in this issue:
  • Serene isolation no ticket to happiness today
  • Confucianist advice more apt than Buddhist
  • Do not follow Schopenhauer’s advice to forego marriage
Not surprisingly, this journal gets a lot of press coverage.

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