The Surprising Science of Happiness
It has been always known that happiness is achieved differently depending on what pleases people. However, professor Dan Gilbert provides a deep analysis of true happiness in his Ted Talk, “Surprise Science of Happiness”. Upon research, he was able to discover that humans can test things out in the brain before actually doing it. This evolutionary adaptation has influenced us majorly. As Gilbert continued speaking about how if we were told about a made-up flavor like if Ben and Jerry’s were to make a “liver and onion” ice cream, we would have the ability to test in our brain and automatically know that it will be disgusting. Nevertheless, it is not as simple as this. It is actually furthermore complex. Whereupon we might believe that something would bring us great happiness over another thing, ...
