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Old 04-22-2007, 04:28 PM
valtaherra valtaherra is offline
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Default Re: The Axiom of Choice

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Then your definition of happiness isn't the colloquial definition. That's strictly utility.

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The talk adresses both happiness as a general mood as well as the specific utility we get from things we buy, which he believes is diminishing.

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Correct, the speaker did not understand the distinction either.
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