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Re:Life Improvements Since the 1990s by only_as_i_fall on Thursday August 12, 2021 @12:09PM (#28158037)
That's a silly strawman. Nobody is claiming that happiness exists literally.

And it's intangible nature does nothing to prevent us from measuring or maximizing aggregate happiness.

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Re:Life Improvements Since the 1990s by savingsPossible on Thursday August 12, 2021 @09:06PM (#28164031)
Well, not any more than chairs :P

I'd say happiness exists exactly as much as chairs, in both cases we are classifying what is, in reality, just a collection of atoms, either as a chair or as a happy person, based on some external measurments

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