How Happy Are You? How Happy Would You Like To Be?

May 24, 2006

The BBC has an interesting look at some current research on “artificial” happiness. Aimed primarily at therapeutic uses such as curing depression or assuaging severe pain, there is the potential for enhancement uses such as artificial happiness or synthetic emotion. Interestingly, a poll conducted by the BBC indicates that three out of four people would not take pills that would make them happy, even if there were no side effects.

So, dear readers, would you take a pill that would make you happy? Post a comment.