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STEM make more money, and more money is associated with happiness. But you probably wanted something more conclusive.
by ggggtez 5y ago
STEM make more money, and more money is associated with happiness.
But you probably wanted something more conclusive.
- dragonwriter 5y agoX correlates with Y & Y correlates with Z doesn't imply X correlates with Z.
- bawolff 5y agoAlso money generally doesn't correlate with happiness past a certain very basic point.
- wait_a_minute 5y agoGive me some so I can test that theory ;)
- hyperpape 5y agoThis was a widely shared and delightfully counterintuitive idea, but it’s not right. The first source that comes to mind is Dan Luu’s summary, but it’s been widely reported (though sadly hasn’t spread as wide as the original claim) https://danluu.com/dunning-kruger/ https://danluu.com/dunning-kruger/.
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- bawolff 5y agoIm not sure im totally convinced (based on that article, i didn't read the citations) - that graph cuts off at a pretty low annual salary (200k). That's certainly a comfortable lifestyle, but that's still within the realm of what normal people on the high end of a good job make. Maybe the happiness cut off is further into the aristocracy - even if the increase in happiness is logrithmic in the amount of money, and that contunues. Logs grow slowly, maybe at some point it effectively doesn't matter.
- ggggtez 5y agoPretty sure there was recent research which says the opposite: people always have more appetite for money, just that the amount of money required is nonlinear with respect to wealth. Rich people still get happy when they make money, and sad when they lose it. It's kind of crazy to think otherwise.