"I’m sorry, but “getting free money makes people happy” isn’t exactly a shocking result is it?" Well, in the context of the experiment the people would have be

"I’m sorry, but “getting free money makes people happy” isn’t exactly a shocking result is it?" Well, in the context of the experiment the people would have been able to garner state support through a bit more complex social security / social services schemes so it's not entirely about that they have more resources available, but also how they were given those resources and how many needless strings were attached to those. I agree on principle to your point, but it's not as blatant as if the people had been living in abject poverty and then given money beyond their current financial means.