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Since you seem to want to continue this unproductive line of commenting: Here, you can enjoy the report in French [0], German [1], Italian [2], Portuguese [3],

Since you seem to want to continue this unproductive line of commenting: Here, you can enjoy the report in French [0], German [1], Italian [2], Portuguese [3], and Spanish [4]. >I see each of us, and in turn our communities, living in parts of planet Earth Lucky for us the researchers organized their data by geographic bounds and we don't have to guess how they see it. "World" means "aggregate data from all respondents regardless of geographic location." How incredibly straightforward! Now, would you say that @mitchbaum often asks questions that do not contribute to the discussion [6] (modal logic, para/transconsistent, inclusive logic), or that @mitchbaum asks questions that do not contribute to the discussion [7] (Newtonian exclusive logic) [5]? [0] http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/WHR-2015-summary_final-FR.pdf http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015... [1] http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/WHR-2015-summary_final-DE.pdf http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015... [2] http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/WHR-2015-summary_final-IT.pdf http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015... [3] http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/WHR-2015-summary_final-PT.pdf http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015... [4] http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/WHR-2015-summary_final-ES.pdf http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015... [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possible_world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possible_world [6] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10796341 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10796341 [7] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10796257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10796257

mitchtbaum 11y ago
These 6 translations, on the same domain, come from the same language family, meaning their (likely) direct translations would naturally come from and with the same philosophy. We have over [6,000 languages on Earth](0) from which to describe and hear about human experience, happiness included. If you believe that one research team with one set of experiences can explain humanity, then I understand why you would feel uncomfortable with me taking issue with this limited worldview. If you can imagine 1000x more cultural values describing their own points of view, then you would have some idea what a report like this misses and potentially creates[1]. 0: http://www.languageconservancy.org/understanding-the-issue/what-is-language-loss/ http://www.languageconservancy.org/understanding-the-issue/w... 1: https://vimeo.com/30794385 https://vimeo.com/30794385 [TED Talk: Wade Davis on Endangered Cultures]
- garrettgrimsley 11y ago
  When you ask a question the way you ask the question influences the answers you receive, and the way you have asked your questions makes crafting responses to you feel like pulling teeth. Had you instead focused on the concept of happiness which may become muddled when communicated to the respondents perhaps you would have encountered a productive reply. You did not, and so I did not add anything to the discussion. I understand quite well what you are suggesting, and it can be discussed without invoking possible worlds or nitpicking over the definition of "world." You did not do so, and so you will have to find someone else to entertain you. Goodnight, or day, I suppose it depends on your point of view.

mitchtbaum 11y ago

These 6 translations, on the same domain, come from the same language family, meaning their (likely) direct translations would naturally come from and with the same philosophy. We have over [6,000 languages on Earth](0) from which to describe and hear about human experience, happiness included. If you believe that one research team with one set of experiences can explain humanity, then I understand why you would feel uncomfortable with me taking issue with this limited worldview. If you can imagine 1000x more cultural values describing their own points of view, then you would have some idea what a report like this misses and potentially creates[1]. 0: http://www.languageconservancy.org/understanding-the-issue/what-is-language-loss/ http://www.languageconservancy.org/understanding-the-issue/w... 1: https://vimeo.com/30794385 https://vimeo.com/30794385 [TED Talk: Wade Davis on Endangered Cultures]

garrettgrimsley 11y ago
When you ask a question the way you ask the question influences the answers you receive, and the way you have asked your questions makes crafting responses to you feel like pulling teeth. Had you instead focused on the concept of happiness which may become muddled when communicated to the respondents perhaps you would have encountered a productive reply. You did not, and so I did not add anything to the discussion. I understand quite well what you are suggesting, and it can be discussed without invoking possible worlds or nitpicking over the definition of "world." You did not do so, and so you will have to find someone else to entertain you. Goodnight, or day, I suppose it depends on your point of view.