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> Really strange article. It felt like someone writing "I've got cheese, so I like the colour red". The cause effect isn't clear to me, at all, and the article
by stackbutterflow 5y ago
> Really strange article. It felt like someone writing "I've got cheese, so I like the colour red". The cause effect isn't clear to me, at all, and the article isn't nearly well written enough to expand on anything meaningfully. It's a false dichotomy, or at least a not well explained argument.
In the words of the author: "If you’re smart, you can figure out how to be happy within your biological constraints." Rephrased, the title could be "If you're so smart, why can't you figure out how to be happy".
On this subject, here's a video discussing these types of arguments: https://youtu.be/Q6wmIehW6EM?list=LL&t=47 https://youtu.be/Q6wmIehW6EM?list=LL&t=47