Why Danes are smug

[Archaea]

So a qualitative chose can be quantified? Color me unimpressed. Naturally socialists would construct a study to justify themselves.

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by Archaea

So a qualitative chose can be quantified? Color me unimpressed. Naturally socialists would construct a study to justify themselves.

"On a scale of one to ten, how happy are you?"

[tooblue]

Originally Posted by Archaea

So a qualitative chose can be quantified? Color me unimpressed. Naturally socialists would construct a study to justify themselves.

The truth is modern capitalist countrys that offer Health Care and inexpensive (in the case fo the Danes FREE) and ready access to education result in happier people.

Now you could say that the socialist Brits were slanting the data but of course the UK ranks 41st so there goes that theory

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by tooblue

http://www2.le.ac.uk/ebulletin/news/...-28.2448323827

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7582/1289

The 20 happiest nations in the World are:
1 - Denmark
2 - Switzerland
3 - Austria
4 - Iceland
5 - The Bahamas
6 - Finland
7 - Sweden
8 - Bhutan
9 - Brunei
10 - Canada
11 - Ireland
12 - Luxembourg
13 - Costa Rica
14 - Malta
15 - The Netherlands
16 - Antigua and Barbuda
17 - Malaysia
18 - New Zealand
19 - Norway
20 - The Seychelles
Other notable results include:
23 - USA
35 - Germany
41 - UK
62 - France
82 - China
90 - Japan
125 - India
167 - Russia
The three least happy countries were:
176 - Democratic Republic of the Congo
177 - Zimbabwe
178 - Burundi

More crackpot polls. What a bunch of nonsense.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by tooblue

The truth is modern capitalist countrys that offer Health Care and inexpensive (in the case fo the Danes FREE) and ready access to education result in happier people.

Now you could say that the socialist Brits were slanting the data but of course the UK ranks 41st so there goes that theory

Let see the Seychelles is a French territory, but I doubt it has exactly the same quality of health the States has. I seriously question their methodology and don't buy into that "free health care availability" bullshit. Gee I sit around all day wanting health care. No, fitness, a good family, a safe environment and opportunity are the causes of happiness. Purpose leadds to happiness. Being healthy aids in happiness but health care generally has little role in that as genetics, nutrition, and exercise play a much larger role in happiness that availability of medicines, unless you're speculating that drugged up people are by definition happy. You've deluded by your years in Canada. Stop buying their shit, it will make you sick.

I can't imagine Danes sitting up there in overcast land being happiness. That study is seriously flawed.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

More crackpot polls. What a bunch of nonsense.

I agree. Too bad you and Pelagius can't examnine the statistical or methodology flaws.

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by tooblue

The truth is modern capitalist countrys that offer Health Care and inexpensive (in the case fo the Danes FREE) and ready access to education result in happier people.

How are they able to afford all this where we can't. Hmmm.

[tooblue]

Originally Posted by Archaea

I agree. Too bad you and Pelagius can't examnine the statistical or methodology flaws.

I'm absolutely certain you could get a hold of the data for examination the STUDY was done by a British university. It's interesting that all the reasons you cite in an above post: ‘Purpose leads to happiness. Being healthy aids in happiness’ ARE main reasons Danes cite for their happiness!

And simply because you say it's seriously flawed does not make it so ... actually your credibility on the subject leads me to believe it's bang on

[tooblue]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

More crackpot polls. What a bunch of nonsense.

Here you go Indy -get to work:

"Adrian White, Analytic Social Psychologist at the University of Leicester produces first ever global projection of international differences in subjective well-being; the first ever World Map of Happiness. You can view his paper entitled 'A Global Projection of Subjective Well-being: A Challenge to Positive Psychology?"

http://www.le.ac.uk/users/aw57/world/sample.html

[tooblue]

Originally Posted by UtahDan

How are they able to afford all this where we can't. Hmmm.

I thought America was the greatest nation on Earth ... why can't the US find a way to do it?