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Apparently yes. Some people are just more privileged than others. Insisting that rich people must feel more existential dread than poor people (money can't buy
by saint_fiasco 10y ago
Apparently yes. Some people are just more privileged than others.
Insisting that rich people must feel more existential dread than poor people (money can't buy happiness!) and smart people must be more sad than stupid people (ignorance is bliss!) is a classic symptom of just-world fallacy.
- betenoire 10y agoGood point. Assuming that was what I was saying is another type of fallacy. I understand why you'd want to have intelligent kids. All else equal, it is clearly an advantage in some respects. But personally, I see no correlation between happiness and intelligence (even inversely as you suggest). I just find it peculiar that this collectively interests us. I spend a lot of time as a parent trying to teach my children that personal happiness is independent of what other people tell you about yourself. And here we are telling children how great they are. I dunno, life is weird :)