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Old 05-22-2003, 06:50 AM   #1
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"Buddhists are happier"

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Old 05-22-2003, 07:29 AM   #2
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No because I can't get the dang webpage to come up. Wait...there it is.

Buddhists may be happier, but blondes have more fun.

Seriously, though, now I can read it....they seem to be saying that Buddhists are happier than 'other people.'

WHAT other people? Everyone else? People in other religions? I didn't see anything about the brain scans of those other people. Just curious.
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I didn't see anything about the brain scans of those other people.
Very good point. Either the conclusions of the study were flawed, or, far more likely, it's another example of sloppy and misleading science reporting.
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More so than "average people" might have been more accurate. But if they limited the study to monks, I don't think one can logically surmise that buddhists as a whole are necessarily happier than others. Other devout religious practitioners could probably be shown to have similar traits.
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