Friday, June 15, 2007

Be Happy! Pay Taxes!

New "research" indicates (?) we feel better when we pay taxes! Giving to charity makes us even happier! (That much I believe.)

Well, now. This little tidbit made the memeorandum aggrigator, so I took a peek. Sooooo.... let's take a look at the experiment here: Nineteen (count 'em, 19!) all female university students at the University of Oregon? $100 at stake? Yeah, that sounds to me like a tightly controlled experiment, a representative sample and statistically significant results.

That the researchers did detect some correlation between MRI readings and revealed preferences, I don't doubt. Conclusions beyond that?

Geez!

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