I often get the feeling that Alicorn's posts could use more evidence. However, given her status here, I take the very fact that she recommends something as evidence that she has herself encountered good evidence that the recommendation works; you know, Aumann agreement and all that.

Besides, even though it would be nice to see which evidence she has encountered, I know that I wouldn't bother to read the research if she linked to it. Intellectually, I trust Alicorn's conclusions. Therefore, I wish to believe in her conclusions; you know, Tarski's litany and all that.

Emotionally, however, I can't help but to doubt. Fortunately, I know that I'm liable to being emotionally convinced by unreliable arguments like personal experience stories. That's why I can't wait to reach the end of this sequence, with the promised "how Alicorn raised her happiness setpoint" story.