CronoDAS comments on The scourge of perverse-mindedness - Less Wrong

95 Post author: simplicio 21 March 2010 07:08AM

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Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 21 March 2010 06:47:04PM 7 points [-]

It's said that "ignorance is bliss", but that doesn't mean knowledge is misery!

I recall studies showing that major positive/negative events in people's lives don't really change their overall happiness much in the long run. Likewise, I suspect that seeing things in terms of grim, bitter truths that must be stoically endured has very little to do with what those truths are.

Comment author: CronoDAS 22 March 2010 12:19:01AM 0 points [-]

It's said that "ignorance is bliss", but that doesn't mean knowledge is misery!

That's a pretty good line!