X-Message-Number: 4587
From:  (David Stodolsky)
Subject: Re: Religious memes
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 95 21:17:40 +0200 (CET DST)

In Regards to your letter <>:

> which are emotional states.  Is there a rational path to happiness?  That 
would
> be like finding a royal road to mathematics.  Even our most intellectually

There is a substantial literature on "happiness". 
The last I heard was that solid amusements such as reading a good
book, are the best in the long run. The peak experiences one often associates
with "happiness" apparently have a depressive hangover.

dss


David S. Stodolsky      Euromath Center     University of Copenhagen
   Tel.: +45 38 33 03 30   Fax: +45 38 33 88 80 (C)


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