What Dynomight thinks about happiness
The pseudonymous author of dynomight.net, who writes carefully argued posts about health claims, statistics and artificial intelligence, and who reads the underlying papers before deciding what to believe. He publishes his own retractions as full posts rather than as footnotes.
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2 dated positions, 2021 to 2022, in their own words. Our reading of what Dynomight has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our reading · no longer heldPractising gratitude is a scientifically well-supported way to make yourself happier.
No longer holdsI was wrong about gratitude. I thought it was a guaranteed way to become happier
SaidI think the scientific evidence for gratitude is mostly a mirage. It’s not just unsupported, it verges on disproven.
- 9 months earlier
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Their wordsThat hokey unfashionable techniques like practicing gratitude turn out to have strong scientific evidence behind them