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So I guess what you're saying is that ignoring reality maximizes your own perceived happiness. Would explain a thing or two about our "leaders" and the state of
by toyg 5y ago
So I guess what you're saying is that ignoring reality maximizes your own perceived happiness. Would explain a thing or two about our "leaders" and the state of the world.
- bumby 5y agoScott Adams (who I'm not particularly fond of) has a habit of saying that people pick mental models that 1) make sense of reality (sometimes in a misperceived way) and 2) make them happy. That does seem to explain a lot about human behavior, but I don't necessarily think people are deliberately ignoring reality, just making sense of it in an illogical way sometimes.