Neil McCauley
14-08-2017, 13:43
Ordinarily I wouldn't draw attention to something like this because at face value it bears little relevance to the home reproduction of music. However, this afternoon perusing some of the other fora, I came across a post so full of bile on one site (you probably know where to look) that even my cynical senses became a little off balance for a few moments. And then, just by chance, I spotted the following text on the BBC site and so rightly or wrongly I saw an immediate congruence between these two experiences - and maybe some of you will too?
Neil
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Katie Silver Health reporter, BBC News writes .....
People are happier if they are able to feel emotions they desire - even if those emotions are unpleasant, such as anger and hatred, a study suggests.
The results of the study, compiled by an international team of researchers, found happiness is "more than simply feeling pleasure and avoiding pain".
Researchers asked participants what emotions they desired and felt.
This was then compared to how they rated their overall happiness, or life satisfaction.
The researchers found that while people overall wanted to experience more pleasant emotions, they had the greatest life satisfaction if the emotions they experienced matched those they desired.
The cross-cultural study included some .....
Continues at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40900811
Neil
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Katie Silver Health reporter, BBC News writes .....
People are happier if they are able to feel emotions they desire - even if those emotions are unpleasant, such as anger and hatred, a study suggests.
The results of the study, compiled by an international team of researchers, found happiness is "more than simply feeling pleasure and avoiding pain".
Researchers asked participants what emotions they desired and felt.
This was then compared to how they rated their overall happiness, or life satisfaction.
The researchers found that while people overall wanted to experience more pleasant emotions, they had the greatest life satisfaction if the emotions they experienced matched those they desired.
The cross-cultural study included some .....
Continues at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40900811