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Not to be pendantic but I guess since we are talking about science and data, that article suggests to me that people do intend to do things to maximize happines
by mikkergp 4y ago
Not to be pendantic but I guess since we are talking about science and data, that article suggests to me that people do intend to do things to maximize happiness, but that they’re not very good at it, not that they originally seek out to not maximize happiness. There are some in things in there that could imply it but it doesn’t seem to go there.
- CWuestefeld 4y agoI think the difficulty is that we all have many desires that are in equilibrium. We might say that we want to quit smoking, or lose weight, or whatever, but in practice that desire has to overcome other desires, and particularly the individual's time preference, to come to a new equilibrium. The fact that the new equilibrium doesn't shut out all other desires in favor of a single focus shouldn't be surprising at all.