Soviet Russia had powerful computers (for the time) and they managed to put a man in space (before capitalist America).

The tools already exist to build a super computer, they just cost a lot money. Without money, the motivated scientists would be able to build super computers at will.

I have a degree in psychology thanks.

So yeah.  I know exactly how it works.  Such studies are largely basless and about as effective as anything Frued did. (In otherwords... not effective at all.)

@luinil - maybe if your life was a shit as mine you'd share my world view. As far as I am concerned life is hell, and if I were on the hypothetical ship where therealmafoo has callously and cowardly said 20% are going to die I would be quite happy to go down with ship. Preferably dragging a few people with me to share my watery grave.

Plus you get scientists making things up... like Global Cooling/Warming being prodominantly mans fault.

@therealmafoo - i am not arguing about whether it is better that 8/10 live I am arguing why those 2/10 should die. Why? What have those 8/10 done that makes them more deserving of life than the 2/10?

Minor in psych and the study seems as legit as anything. If anything it just goes to show that once you remove the financial worries out of people's lives they become happier overall. Even if they pay 75% of their income for those comforts.

But whatever unlucky 20% that are going to die, are going to die anyway. Sacrificing the other 80% just so they share the same fate is a horrible outlook on life.

Why is your life such shit?

So... I've got a Major.  So if you want to play the "Degrees game" on that...

I don't know what to tell you.

Well other then if you relied soley on textbooks for your knowledge in pscyhology your better off not having the degree.  You'd be surprised how much it gets simplified and outright changed.

Even reading Frued directly compared to what is written about him in a textbook is a trip.

As for Maslow... What Maslow believed was a lot different.  One of my teachers was a friend of the guy.  Was going to be taught by him directly but he died before then.

But I can breakdown the study without even going in to why non interpersonal happiness ratings are BS.  I'll do that in the next post to avoid the massive quote tree.

Well I am sorry your life is so bad, if there was a real way I could improve it, I would. But seeing as how you and I  are not (and likely would not) be friends in the real world, I don't see how I can. I would offer to pray for you but I some people around here get offended at that idea.

In any case I hope you situation gets better and you have a good Easter.

ps. wanting to take a few people with you to share your watery grave is not something I would be proud of... Now volunteering to stay behind as part of the 20% and encouraging others to do the same... I might say that is applaudable.

Ninja editted my post, sorry may not have gotten to see it:

If anything it just goes to show that once you remove the financial worries out of people's lives they become happier overall. Even if they pay 75% of their income for those comforts.