It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy.
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- Author's profession: Journalist
- Nationality: english
- Born: December 27, 1946
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