Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, would call it self delusion, when we let Heuristics and Biases, skew our decisions.In theory, maybe it's sad, but happiness is never sadness, so if someone's happy, that's what matters.
To quote the Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun, isn’t a metaphor for shooting a hot stick.
In a pop psychology and newest fad universe, a fool and his money are soon parted, happiness oriented or not.
An ad for carbon fiber recently was extolling how their latest offering had a hit like real wood???
$500 or so for a shaft that’s easy to wipe clean and doesn’t dent like wood, not saying it isn’t an advancement but, “a hit that feels like wood” as a decision criteria???
PT Barnum stuff.
Making bad decisions is likely part of the problem for magic bullet seekers not part of the solution.
Shuffling the context deck so “happiness“ is the top card used for judging coaching efficacy, seems extreme.
I’m guessing from your tone, which is hard to hear here, you view the happy pill effect, as a consolation prize.
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