From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Thu Jan 10 2002 - 11:40:55 MST
>From: "J. R. Molloy" <jr@shasta.com>
>>From: "Anders Sandberg" <asa@nada.kth.se>
>> Exactly. I was talking about long-term effects. That people get
>> happy when they win and may become more optimistic (just as
>> people subjected to a disaster often develop a negative
>> life-outlook) is a no-brainer.
>So we might think. Nevertheless, the brainless platitude that
>"money can't buy happiness" seems to persist, despite all evidence
>to the contrary.
As a former girlfriend used to say "anybody who say's money can't
buy happiness doesn't know where to shop."
Brian
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