We've already established that happy people are more callous than others. Now it turns out they also make more money and are luckier in love. Urrrrgggh. Why is this not cheering me up?
Posted by Martha Bridegam at July 26, 2004 08:57 AM"The bottom line of this research is thus that personality traits affect not only happiness, but also the world of work and family. So we cannot say much about what makes people happy without taking account of personality traits."
You know, I can't decide which social science wins the award for most research money wasted on proving the perfectly obvious.
Posted by: Alan Hogue at July 26, 2004 10:25 PM