LIFESCI 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Asteroid Family, Colonoscopy, Revealed Preference
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A paradox: finding would make me happier, but rich people are not happier than poor people. Only past 30 years, data points show gdp per capita increasing with more money. : as ppl have more and more money, happiness stays the same. When people are above poverty level, there are no relationship between happiness and money. There is if you are below poverty level. Have desire to have more stuff bc we believe that it will make us happy. The alleles that win are those that do better than the alternative alleles. They alter our behavior in ways beneficial to our genes. Thm #1: happiness is a tool our genes use to induce us toward behaviors benefitting them. We imagine that achieving our goals will make us happy. In actuality, it is making progress towards them that makes us happy. Take your goals less seriously: achieving your dreams won"t make you happier forever.
